Hi David, Simple. Sometimes an note after the damphers no longer exist will *beat* with the octave below--making it impossible to have a clean unision. The scale design in part determines where the damphers stop. So scale design can cause a *false* beat. At 04:25 PM 01/17/2001 -0800, you wrote: >I'm curious as to how scale design would cause false beats? > >David I. > >On 17 Jan 2001, at 9:02, Don wrote: > >> Hi Martin, >> >> There have been a lot of discussions about this so do check the >> archieves. >> >> Sometimes some false beats can be eliminated. If they are due to a >> fault in the wire, or in the scale design, then you are out of luck. >> >> At 03:55 PM 01/17/2001 +0200, you wrote: >> >how can false beats be eliminated and why are there false beats? >> > >> > >> > >> >> Regards, >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. >> >> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts >> >> mailto:drose@dlcwest.com >> http://donrose.xoasis.com/ >> >> 3004 Grant Rd. >> REGINA, SK >> S4S 5G7 >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >> > > >David Ilvedson, RPT > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts mailto:drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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