Where does one find these gems? Phil Ryan Stéphane Collin wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________ >> Yahoo! Sports >> Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football >> http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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