>Is there any truth to the old belief that bringing pitch up in small stages, >over time, helps to prevent false beats? Yes indeed, I have detected false beats becoming apparent when pitch raising, mind you quite severe pitch raises - 200 cents. The likely cause is the kinks in the string (formed after years of being in contact with the bridge pins) being pulled through to the speaking length. The kinks take quite a while to straighten out but I have found that an immediate pitch raise to concert pitch is more beneficial than a few false beats here and there. Regards Alan Forsyth , FWIW, BTW, IMHO, MIT. Edinburgh
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