Strip muting problem

[Horace Greeley]

Jerry,

Why not just use one of two rubber mutes?

>From a certain point of view, if you have your
temperament in hand, the strip is superfluous.

This isn't intended flippantly, I've tuned with
just two mutes off and on for years.  It should
really be a piece of cake (for a careful worker).

Many of the mid-60's Wurlitzers had this, among
other, interesting design characteristic.

Good luck.

Horace




At 09:16 AM 12/3/97 +0000, you wrote:
>After doing some repairs on a 1911 Feuhr & Stemmer (the subject of a
>previous post, for which I received some valuable tips - thanks again),
>and a couple of pitch raises, I went a couple of days ago to do the fine
>tuning. I discovered, much to my chagrin, that because the strings are
>very close to the plate (this appears to be by design, and not due to
>some problem that has crept up over the years), it was nearly impossible
>to get a strip to stay between the strings. So I used my thinnest strip,
>poked it in the best I could, and juggled wedge mutes frantically, but
>that made checks, such as series of thirds, etc., quite difficult.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions as how best to handle this sort of
>problem? My first inclination was to tell the customer that I needed to
>burn in a hammer and "accidentally" set the whole piano on fire, but
>then decided that would be bad customer relations :o) But seriously, any
>help with stripping, or alternative (other than using 50 wedge mutes)
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
Horace Greeley

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