RUBBER MUTES

[Farrell]

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Hello Marshall,

I trust we are talking about vertical pianos here. I use two rubber =
mutes whenever possible on plain wires. I use felt wedges in the bass.

In the treble area yes, sometimes it is too tight to use rubber mutes. =
When things get tight, first I try placing the leading mute below the =
hammer strike point but above the dampers (you can almost always do =
that). If I can get to where there are only two dampered notes left =
before interference occurs, I will just aim the trailing mute one way, =
then the other so that it is not struck by the hammer. I also have a =
very small, thin rubber mute that I sometimes use. On nicer pianos that =
aren't going to chew up an expensive wooden mute, I use the =
leather-covered wooden mutes that Pianotek sells (they really work well) =
- the are used much like a Pap's mute (which I will also use at times). =
I find that one of these four approaches will always get the job done.

Hope this helps.

Terry Farrell
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  What does everyone here do in order to overcome the challange of using =
rubber mutes in the trebble when tuning unisons?  The stick ones get in =
the way of the hammers.  I don't want to use a wedge mute fearing that =
it might get loose and fall down into the piano. =20
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  Marshall
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