Tuning Wedges

[Stéphane Collin]

Hello Ric, Vladan.

Nice informative post.  I switch immediately to felt mutes.
Thanks.

Stéphane Collin.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "V T" <pianovt@yahoo.com>
To: <Pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 12:14 AM
Subject: Tuning Wedges


>
> 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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