This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Mark: You have run into the dreaded "false beat" phenomenon. It can be = caused by several things: loose bridge pins, a grooved capo bar or = agraffe, a defective string, or poor seating on the bridge. Sometimes = you can remedy these things, and sometimes you just have to tune around = them and do the best you can. Welcome to the real world of piano tuning! = Patrick C. Poulson Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mark Montbriand=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 3:28 PM Subject: Wild String??? Greetings... New tuner here... I am currently taking the Randy Potter Piano Tech Course. I am in the section of learning temperaments. A couple problems have arisen that I am sure you generous folks could = help me with. While working in the mid-section of the piano, I encounter this.. I have all the necessary outside strings muted and when I go to tune = certain strings, one string sounds as if it is two strings with very = wide beats. Although I know it is only one string. This phenomenon only = happens in the mid-section. I must therefore get under the piano and mute off that particular = string between the bridge and the hammer. Sometimes this works, other times it doesn't do so well. I am wondering, could I have strings that need seating or something = else, or just plain worn out. Suggestions??? It is a Hackley upright. ~1945 and I am raising it ~ 100 cents Also, any tips on how to hear beats more accurately??? Thank you in advance Mark ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b0/4d/1e/23/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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