Tuning Wedges

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Ric wrote:

"Whilst on the subject of tuning wedges, may I
recommend to any of you guys and gals who still use
rubber grand wedges the superiority of the Yamaha felt
ones."
 
There is another benefit too: the rubber mutes have
quite a bit of thermal mass.  If there is a
temperature differnce between the mute and the
strings, the heat exchange will detune the string
temporarily.  Here is an experiment.  Hold the rubber
mute in your hands for a minute so it warms up a
little.  Using an ETD measure the pitch of a string. 
Then, mute the string for about 15-30 seconds and
remove the mute.  Remeasure.

In fact, just lightly blowing over the strings will
show very measurable pitch changes.

Vladan


		
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