Strip muting problem

[Horace Greeley]

Jerry,

At 11:07 AM 12/3/97 +0000, you wrote:
>I'm still a novice tuner, and I do a lot of checks, which is difficult,
>at best, using just the rubber mutes. And I don't like the amount of
>mute juggling it takes to tune with just the rubber mutes. 

OK, so take a slightly different tack.

Use sufficient mutes to cover an entire octave for
your basic temperament.  There's always a way to
do this...odd/reverse angles, "stacked" mutes (ugly
but works).

With pianos like you are describing, there really isn't
a "right" way, there are different ways that work better,
or worse, for you.  With those old Wurlitzers, (I actually
was an apprentice, too) I found that I could sort of
use the strip for 6 or 7 unisons, if I staggered where
the felt was inserted between them, then use wedges
for the rest.  Also used a Papps mute a good deal 
on those.

On some instruments, there is simply no easy way 
to do much of anything.

Horace


Horace Greeley

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