Multiple chimes during startup

Frequently, during startup my mac will go thru more than one boot cycle. I hear the chime and several seconds later it restarts and chimes again. Sometimes just once and at other times it may restart three or more times before reaching the login screen.
I've run Disk Utility's permissions and disk repair cycles and checked the same using Drive Genius. I also tried booting with all the peripherals un-plugged but the results were the same. What else should I try?

Hello Barry,
I stopped using TotalFinder 12 days ago and have not had the multiple startup chimes since. I've made no other changes to my system so I feel fairly confident I've found the cause. I posted a problem report with BinaryAge. I hope they can resolve this. I really like the app.
I'm going to put the app back into my login items and see if the problem returns. I'll post an update of the results
K.

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