Cloth will work loose under heavy playing. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <reggaepass at aol.com> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] disabling individual notes > Jeff, > > Removing the hammer assemblies was my first thought, as that would be > very quick and would surely disable the notes in question. (It would > definitely be much faster than pulling the stack to add to the front > rail pile, although for $100/hr I will gladly do it!) Problem was that > the keys sagged in front without sufficient weight present over the > capstan, and the pianist found that unacceptable. > > Any particular reason you would use cardboard punchings instead of > cloth? > > Thanks, > > Alan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Tanner <jtanner at mozart.sc.edu> > To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 2:34 pm > Subject: Re: [CAUT] disabling individual noes > > > On Aug 15, 2007, at 4:46 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > Greetings List(s), > Someone is paying me handsomely to realize their own tuning system for > a couple of performances this weekend. As a safety precaution, he > would like to have the notes that he doesn't actually play (all of the > Cs and Ebs, in this case) disabled. The best idea I have come up with > so far is to add another front rail cloth punching on top of the one > that is already there for these keys, so the keys will barely depress. > Is there a better/easier way? > I would probably opt for a stack of thick card punchings rather than > cloth, but that was just what I thought of first. Seems like removing > the hammers/shanks would be a little less trouble than pulling the > stack and shimming each key front, but either way would do accomplish > what you're wanting to do. > Jeff > > Thanks, > Alan > Eder_____________________________________________________________________ > ___AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's > free from AOL at AOL.com. > Jeff Tanner, RPTUniversity of South Carolina > > > = > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > =0 >
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