---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Susan...I find that after many tunings they get thinner and thinner at t= he narrowest part of the tip. What happens with a very thin Paps wedge is if you hit a string directly, rather than between two strings they will brea= k. My thinnest wedge at the moment is .074 thou at the narrowest point of th= e tip, while a new wedge is .101 thou.=0D I would expect a wedge to last me about 5 years, although I must admit, m= e being careless is the cause of them breaking.=0D =0D When I first started tuning (1960) all the wedges were made out of a hard wood of some sort. An old tuner gave me a wedge made out of Rose wood whi= ch I keep, but not use, being a relic of the past.=0D =0D Robin=0D =0D =0D =0D =0D =0D =0D =0D =0D =0D -------Original Message-------=0D =0D From: Pianotech=0D Date: 07/02/05 12:53:27=0D To: Pianotech=0D Subject: Re: Slipping Paps wedge=0D =0D At 12:26 PM 7/2/2005 +0930, you wrote:=0D >The thinnest is used from about A4 up and usually is the first to break.= =0D =0D =0D Hi, Robin.=0D =0D You've had Paps mutes break? After 26 years, I'm still using my original = two =0D Perhaps yours are differently made?=0D =0D Susan=0D =0D =0D _______________________________________________=0D pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b2/0c/d3/86/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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