Keith, Great tip, I am going to try that on a few bass bichords that are very wild. Placing the grommet at the exposed bridge end would look a lot better, be a smaller mute and most likely still quiet the partials. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:16 PM Subject: Sticker rubber grommet tech tip > List, > > When replacing a broken string, I now use one of these rubber > grommets shaped like a donut to mute the stretching strings when > space permits. It's really ideal! > > The groove in the rubber grommet where the sticker fork normally goes > receives the plain music wire quite nicely, and it stays put until > the next visit. > > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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