[pianotech] strip muting

[John Ashcraft]

Marshall,
I use a strip of thin butt felt (around 3/8" high) to do that difficult
section in the treble where the regular muting strip will not fit. I put
the thin felt down right above the dampers. On a very few pianos, I need to
press the sustain pedal and let the felt go under the dampers a bit. I also
use 1/4" rubber mutes to do unisons in that section.

When you use a temperament strip for a decade or so, it gets thin enough to
work when the bass strings are close together. My old strips don't
die--they just get demoted to bass duty.
--John Ashcraft

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:39 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*
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