Richard, I don't know if this will appeal to you but I have been doing it for 25 years. I use a strip of butt felt (1/4" wide and as thick as a temperament strip) to strip the piano above the treble break. I insert it with a hemostat and, presto, I am away! Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta On Sun, 11 May 1997, Richard Moody wrote: > > > > ---------- > > From: Warren Fisher <fish@COMMUNIQUE.NET> > > To: pianotech@byu.edu > > Subject: Re: Flat A > > Date: Sunday, May 11, 1997 1:35 PM > > > > > > If you were using an "A" fork and setting a temperament from F3 to > F4 > > and you were adjusting the pitch say 5-8 cents sharper, you finish > the > > temperament and start up to note 88 tuning center string only on a > fully > > strip muted piano (given this is not the preferred way anymore, but > many > > of us dinosaurs still do it that way) > > I would like to hear your method of fully strip muting to note 88.on > an upright. I have tried a couple of methods, but I still gut it > thru with the split rubber wedge mute (which I have cut in half > length wise so it doesn't wreck the last dampers too much). But I > have always wanted a temp strip for the last two octaves at least. > Richard NotquiteJurassic. > > >
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