Flat A

[Kenneth W. Burton]

	Richard,

	I don't know if this will appeal to you but I have been doing it
for 25 years. I use a strip of butt felt (1/4" wide and as thick as a
temperament strip) to strip the piano above the treble break. I insert it
with a hemostat and, presto, I am away!

	Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta

On Sun, 11 May 1997, Richard Moody wrote:

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> > From: Warren Fisher <fish@COMMUNIQUE.NET>
> > To: pianotech@byu.edu
> > Subject: Re: Flat A
> > Date: Sunday, May 11, 1997 1:35 PM
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> > If you were using an "A" fork and setting a temperament from F3 to
> F4
> > and you were adjusting the pitch say 5-8 cents sharper, you finish
> the
> > temperament and start up to note 88 tuning center string only on a
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> > strip muted piano (given this is not the preferred way anymore, but
> many
> > of us dinosaurs still do it that way)
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> I would like to hear your method of fully strip muting to note 88.on
> an upright.   I have tried a couple of methods, but I still gut it
> thru with the split rubber wedge mute (which I have cut in half
> length wise so it doesn't wreck the last dampers too much).  But I
> have always wanted a temp strip for the last two octaves at least.
> Richard NotquiteJurassic.
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