Strip mutes was . . Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands

[Michael Gamble]

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Jim - according to Homers' "Iliad" the real men ran the Olympics in the =
nude..... read on! :-)
Michael G.(UK)
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  From: Jim=20
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  Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:30 PM
  Subject: Strip mutes was . . Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands


  There's something a bit odd in ignoring a tool invented to assist in =
providing a better service simply to satisfy some misplaced sence of =
elite-ism . . .=20

  "Only 'real' men run the olympics in their bare feet . . the imposters =
use running shoes . . ??"
  Whatever !!


  Jim Kinnear
  "A man is about as big as the things that make him angry." -- Winston =
Churchill



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    From: Byeway222@aol.com=20
    To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
    Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:06 AM
    Subject: Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands


    Hi, Susan and Michael et al,
    The whole business of strip muting for either the temperament octave =
or even into the further reaches of the piano has alway been =
controversial here in UK.  Probably like Michael I was trained very =
traditionally, to discard the strip mute quite early on and rely on =
one's ear for laying the temperament with just two wedges.  It has =
always been looked down upon in the profession here if a tuner still has =
to use a temperament strip, almost suggesting that his/her ear is not =
reliable enough to do without it.  The analogy being a baby's walking =
frame I suppose!   Because  of this early influence I can actually feel =
'ashamed' if I resort to using  a strip or rubber gang mute on a =
difficult piano. Do i need psychoanalysis?  However, I could actually =
argue pretty stongly in favour of using them with very small grands and =
uprights where inharmonicity is so pronounced that setting an acceptable =
temperament can take more than one pass, and using this aid would be =
quicker.  When this topic comes under discussion over here it is =
generally argued that the temperament is not exactly the same when you =
return to complete the unisons and that the whole excercise can be more =
time consuming.
    It would be interesting to know what proportion of tuners is 'mute =
free'
    Ric
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