When I worked at Baldwin, Dr. Dan Martin was a good friend of mine. However, I didn't agree with him then on beating unisons and I still don't agree. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Thu, 5 Nov 1998 Pianosold@AOL.COM wrote: > List, > "Even the unison strings of a piano sound better when de-tuned to a minute > degree (app. 2 cents total spread, corresponding to 2/3 beat per second @ > a440). Fortunately a good piano tuner attempting to achieve true unison gets, > on the average, a similar result" > > Dr Daniel W. Martin > H D Baldwin Co > Tech Jo. April 1964 > > This interested me greatly because I had always considered my unisons to be > beatless, when they were right - if you know what I mean. However, when one > talks to an organ tuner he will say that he can wait 20-30 seconds or more for > a beat! This leads me to believe that there is truth in the above. > > Any thoughts greatly appreciated > > > Rob Thornton > UK >
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