I use a thin-ish strip in the bass, and start at the break with the wider end of the strip. That makes for a lot less fabric to jam between strings when they get fatter and closer as I approach the monochords. I have a selection of lengths of "L"-shaped plastic that I lay on the dampers above the treble break, with one leg of the "L" between the dampers and strings. Then I have a piece of 1/8" Masonite to slide the strip mute between the plastic and the strings as I hold the dampers back with pedal and fingers. The "L"-shaped plastic was a home center (e.g. Lowe's, Home Despot, etc.) item for drop ceiling tile installation. On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>wrote: > HI Everyone, > How do you guys get that strip mute in between the bass strings and > especially in the treble where it's way too close to the vbar and hammers > for the hammers to clear and strike the strings. I often get thunk thunk > thunk when I do that, not enough room. Does anyone here strip mute the > center only and use rubber mutes in the bass? Do any of you ever find when > strip muting in the center that the bi chord strings often have one where > you need a rubber mute at the end, so you are tuning the left string and > then you have to insert the mute and tune the left of the last string > toward the bass at the left end of the tenor. I hope I splained it well. > lol > Marshall > > > *Marshall Gisondi* > *MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE* > *215-510-9400* > *http://www.phillytuner.com * > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130113/f0c321e0/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_20130113_165022 copy.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 124395 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130113/f0c321e0/attachment-0002.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_20130113_165211 copy.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 118106 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130113/f0c321e0/attachment-0003.jpg>
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