is that it stiffens this area of the rim so that vibrations travelling from the board are not creating friction, and lost as heat energy ( due to molecular "wiggling" ) but are more likely kicked, or otherwise ransmitted, back into the board. Right ? ( Praise Be to the Circle of Sound! ) Thump --- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > At 07:10 2/18/2005, you wrote: > > >Carl wrote . . . > > > >slim, wood handle screw driver, > > > > which I use to insert the tuning felt. > > > > > > > > >You use a screwdriver to push in the strip mute?? > > >I've used a regular dinner knife, with tiny > serrations for grip. It's > > >strong, thin, and shiny . . nerver pulls the > felt back out when moving > to > > >the next .----------------- > > > > > >Jim Kinnear > > > > You push a metal implement towards a soundboard? > > > > For years I've used recycled upright stickers > which I've sharpened. No > > chance of scratching and the bottom end can be > used to massage down new > > strings. > > > > I think the Journal CD should have my drawing of > same from the early '80s. > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician > > > Tools? What tools? > I don' need no stinkin' tool ! > Seriously , I was taught to insert the strip > with out any tools. > With a little practice it's really pretty easy > and done with one hand. > > FWIW, > Tom Driscoll RPT > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
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