Muting Pattern

[Don]

Hi Corte,

It is considerably faster to use a single split mute than to use two mutes
as there is less moving being done. Time factor saved for me amounted to
about 20 minutes per tuning.

At 08:36 AM 8/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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>Hello List,
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>Since I started tuning part time about 3 years ago, I have always strip
>muted the entire tenor and treble sections.  I use a Verituner and set the
>center string of each tri-chord, check aurally, and once I'm satisfied, I
>pull in the unisons (always aurally).
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>I would like to try switching to tuning unisons as I go.  Can someone
>experienced in this tell me their technique in moving the mutes around
>(since strip muting is no longer an option with this method)?
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>Do you use two mutes, one split mute, etc.  I prefer to only tune one
>string of a unison to another string so I want to try and avoid the
>situation where I'm tuning one string of a tri-chord to the other two open
>strings of the tri-chord.  However, I'm not sure if their is an efficient
>muting pattern for this.
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>Any suggestions or ideas you could provide would be great.
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>By the way, thanks with all your suggestions on voicing down my Yamaha U1.
>Here is the procedure I decided to try.
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>1.  50/50 alcohol/water solution applied to the hammers
>2.  Taking a very small layer of felt off the hammers and then polishing
>with 320 grit emery cloth (I reshaped the hammers about 6 months ago so no
>further reshaping needed to be done)
>3.  Ironed the hammers
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>This produced the desired rich warm tone I had wanted for the longest time.
>Next time, I'm going to try the steam method.  Thanks again for your
>advice!
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>Thanks,
>Corte Swearingen
>Chicago
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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