muffler felt for grands

[Newton Hunt]

I'm not going to touch that with a 5" muffler rail.  Even
the misspellings.

		Newton

Farrell wrote:
> 
> "is so flaccid it will not remain effect for more than a few minutes.  If
> you use something stiffer"
> 
> Oh, Newton, such an opportunity! Any suggestions?
> 
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:13 AM
> Subject: Re: muffler felt for grands
> 
> > The reason this is not a common feature on grands is that
> > the felt is so flaccid it will not remain effect for more
> > than a few minutes.  If you use something stiffer it will be
> > noisy.  I have seen buckskin used on fortepianos but doubt
> > you can install a similar device because the hammers of a
> > modern grand are so wide.
> >
> > Nearly impracticable if not impossible to make work.
> >
> > Newton
> >