Papps mute for a grand

[Ted Simmons]

Thanks, Rob.  Good advice.

>        I encounter the same problems with the Papps mute on grands, but
>rather
>than using rubber mutes, I fashioned two wedges from a block of
>hammer felt that I have for shimming vertical hammer rails. The felt
>is dense enough that you can cut it to shape, and sand the wedge to a
>feather edge to get between the tightest trichords. Also, I made the
>wide end of the wedge thick enough to snugly fit between an outside
>string and a plate strut at the end of a stringing section. Not a
>Papps mute, but they work fine (lightweight, too)
>
>Happy Tuning, 8-)
>Rob Kiddell
>C.A.P.T. Student
>P.T.G. Associate
>Edmonton, Canada
>http://www.planet.eon.net/~atonal/atonal.html