This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Matthew - I generally use two felt mute strips on verticals - one for the tenor and another for the treble. The treble strip tapers from about 9/16" to about 7/16". I carry a small piece of wood, about 8" long by 3" wide by 1/8" thick that I use to push the treble strip below the dampers. If the dampers lift relatively high off the strings then I am able to push the strip into position without tilting the action back. I start inserting this strip from C 88 which usually leaves a "tail" protruding from the break in the hammers that I can reach with my fingers and pull out from the bass side one note at a time until I reach the last damper. At that point I reach down with the handle of a wire mute and gently pull the tail under the dampers toward the treble so that I can continue tuning by pulling on the tail from the treble side of the dampers until I reach the top of the piano. While I'm at it I'll mention that I also mute the wound strings all at once before I start tuning. I do this by inserting rubber mutes (without wire handles) in between every other unison of the bichords. Most bass tuning pins are arranged such that I can tune the bottom pin of the highest bass unison, then the top tuning pin of the next unison down, repeating this pattern until I reach the monochords. Once I reach the bottom I remove ALL of the rubber mutes and (starting at the top of the bass) then simply reverse the tuning pattern for the bichords. In this way I don't have to take my hand off the tuning hammer to remove the mutes on at a time. A 26 bass piano will require about 8 rubber mute to do this. - Mark -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Todd [mailto:pianotech88@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:32 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Muting I hope you guys don't mind my elementary questions. When I strip mute a vertical, I have been practicing pushing the felt down behind the dampers. Is that bad for my practice? Since I loose my damping effect, everything I play "bleeds" together, so I don't know if that is a hindrance to me hearing beats and doing my tests correctly. What do you all think? Matthew _____ Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b5/13/2c/c6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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