Muting Pattern

[John Ross]

Hi,
 Don't forget to try a Papp's mute in the treble.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Spalding" <spalding48@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:22 AM
Subject: RE: Muting Pattern


> Hi Corte,
>
> During this past year, I made the same change (from strip muting to
unisons
> as you go).  I use a split mute, as described by Mitch Kiel on this list
> not too long ago.  Tip:  use narrow mutes, 1/4" or less, so they can fit
> between the hammer and the damper, or above the hammer, in the top treble
> damper section.  Tuning the 3rd string to 2 open strings has been a
> challenge, but you can look on it as an opportunity to take your unison
> tuning to the next level.  Besides, if your normal routine includes
> pounding the piano all over followed by checking and fixing unisons, you
> still have a safety net.  The ability to tune unisons well enough to use
> them for interval checks seems to be one big thing that separates the
> experts from us novices.  This would be a step in the right direction.
Go
> for it!
>
> Mike Spalding RPT
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <cswearingen@daigger.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Date: 8/8/2003 8:35:58 AM
> > Subject: Muting Pattern
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello List,
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > 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)?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Any suggestions or ideas you could provide would be great.
> >
> > By the way, thanks with all your suggestions on voicing down my Yamaha
U1.
> > Here is the procedure I decided to try.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Corte Swearingen
> > Chicago
> >
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