Papps mute for a grand

[Jim]

Dear Ted:

Bob Hofstetter gave me a system which is composed of 2 wide rubber wedges
that were spaced together in such a way as to straddle a unison.  It would
work a bit similar to the papps mute and does not fall over.  At the
present time I use 2 wide wedges on a Grand.  I play leap frog with them
which makes only one move per note if I'm tuning unisons by ear.  I took
the wires out of some wire handled mutes, cut them to about 1" short. Only
the wire loop sticks out of the wedges and I turn them 90 degrees so that
they are easy to grab.

Jim Coleman, Sr.(AZ)


On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Ted Simmons wrote:

> When I tune an upright I strip mute the bass and tenor but use a Papps mute
> in the last treble section.  It goes fast that way and I tune the unisons
> in with a SAT.  I strip mute the same way in a grand but the Papps mute
> won't work in a vertical position.  It keeps falling over.  So I use 2
> rubber mutes which is a lot slower than using the Papps mute.  Does anyone
> know of a mute similar to the Papps that would work on a grand?
>
> Ted Simmons (FL)
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