Papps redesign?

[Michael Gamble]

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wish I'd said that Carl!
Michael G.(UK)
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  From: Carl Meyer=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:33 PM
  Subject: Re: Papps redesign?


  Yours is a left handed design.  Here's my right handed version.

  Carl Meyer PTG assoc
  Santa Clara, Ca.


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    From: Sarah Fox=20
    To: Pianotech=20
    Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 9:33 PM
    Subject: Papps redesign?


    Hi all,

    Robin originally wrote,

    >If you look at a Papps wedge closely it would take some fine wood =
working  skills to duplicate one. Maybe one of our expert sound board =
makers could make a few.=20

    ... which was a challenge I couldn't well pass up!  ;-)

    Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you my redesign of the Papps mute, =
designed especially for grand piano usage (doesn't fall over, even on =
the lowest trichords).  It is precision crafted from the finest =
hardwood, engineered to exacting specifications and sturdy enough to be =
handed down through generations to come.



    Its simple, but elegant design enables the skilled artisan to clamp =
the outer two strings of a trichord very quickly and with ease.  The =
felt pieces attached to the side press firmly against the adjacent =
strings, damping against them with the same effectiveness as two rubber =
wedge mutes inserted in the same positions.

    Only $15.  Now taking orders.  Operators standing by!  <grin>

    Seriously, it takes only a minute or two to make one:  Take it =
apart, and weaken the spring a bit.  File/sand down the wood on the =
inside tip, tapering it to a broad point.  With a small triangular file, =
file a notch on each side.  Reassemble.  Glue felt to the sides.

    Of course as effective as this little beauty is, I think it's =
something only an amateur can use, because the professionals have to =
*look*, er...  "professional."  (I wonder if there's some way to dress =
it up so that it doesn't look like a clothes pin (which it is NOT!!).  =
Perhaps a piece of unshrunk heat sink tubing around the tell-tale spring =
area?

    All in fun!  (But it really does work -- quite well, in fact.)

    Peace,
    Sarah

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