Birdcage tuning

[alan forsyth]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Philippe Errembault 
To: Pianotech List 
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Birdcage tuning

"For the papp's mute, I always wondered how do blind or sight impaired tuners in front of such a piano. Not that it is not possible, but seeing what you do when inserting the mute between the hammer's shanks and the damper lift wires can help much... "

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That's the beauty of the papps wedge. You can pluck the strings with it so you can feel your way along. No need to see.  Because the papps wedge is relatively stiff compared to a rubber mute you can run the tip of it along the strings. All the strings are damped except the one you want to tune because you are holding down that note's key. When the tip of the wedge plucks that string it sounds, so you know you're at the right spot. 

AF
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