The really special thing about strip mutes is they make this pretty red and green dust that cakes to the soundboard with a texture like dry toast. I see alot of that -Mike Kristinn Leifsson wrote: > Hi, > > As some of you may know, one has to meddle a little bit around with a > temperament in order to get it working. > > Thatīs why I raised an eyebrow when a colleague of mine told me he tuned > only using two mutes. No temperament strip, so when he does the > temperament he has to tune all the strings of a given unison, and then > tunes the next note. > Now, if he has to change a note, (which is quite normal when tuning > temperament as you know) he has to tune all the unisons again! He says it > doesnīt take more time, that the time of putting the strip in weighs > against the time it takes to tune all the strings all the time. > > This is as rheumatic as two dry toasts, I feel. (plagiarized from > Shakespeare) > > What do you think? Do any of you do this? > > Kristinn
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