bunches of false beats

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Ed,

"Strong-armed lad?" More likely a 21 year old, 112 pound women.

I smile when I hear the 210 pound he-man macho tuner brag about tuning six or seven pianos
in one day. The young women in the factories regularly tune 12 to 14. And these are
generally the equivalent of 1/2 step pitch raises. And, considering the amount of time
they are given, the do a credible job of it.

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A440A wrote:

> Dick wrote inre false beats in a spinet:
>
> >Can someone tell me what would cause so many all over the piano, & is
> >there something that could be done?
>
>    I think they are chiefly caused by poor quality chipping at the factory.
> The "strong-armed lad" chipping 20 pianos a day can often be expected to
> overshoot the pitch of the string.  NOt enough to break it, but enough to
> distort it.
>     You couple this cheap labor with a marginal design and or execution, and
> you have a real false beat nightmare on your hands.
>     Restringing will often help, but is seldom worth it.
> Regards,
> Ed Foote