Old subject, new twist

[rchayden1@juno.com]

For pianos with rampant wild false beats, I like to move quickly,
instinctively, and the old ear seems to get past the false beats
automatically.  When I make a little music it seems to be OK.  It would
be interesting to check this with the "electric ears"   Trying to be
fussy with these is truly an ear/brain burner.  

Roger

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:20:24 -0400 harvey <harvey@greenwood.net> writes:
>This afternoon I discovered a great side effect to ear protection.
>
>The piano was a Kohler-Have-I-Got-Some-Notes-For-You-Campbell studio.
>
>To say this piano has false beats is an understatement. In my records, 
>I
>have it flagged as requiring more time, due to -trying- to match 
>unisons. I
>would prefer to tune this piano first (it's in a university) to get it 
>over
>with. However, it's so frustrating to tune, it burns me out for 
>subsequent
>tunings, so I tend to do it last.
>
>Today I used ear plugs, and found that the beating phenomenon of the 
>treble
>section was considerably reduced; well, at least on my side of the 
>ear
>plugs. Did the piano sound any better? Maybe, but probably not. I just 
>know
>that it wasn't as hard to tune, things went faster, and I wasn't 
>brain-dead
>afterwards. Most importantly, a test of a couple unisons afterwards
>(without ear plugs) indicated that I could not improve upon those 
>notes.
>
>FWIW
>
>Jim Harvey, RPT
>Greenwood, SC
>harvey@greenwood.net
>________________________
> -- someone who's been in the field too long.
>