This contraption reminds me of my dad. He can make/fix just about anything with a coat hanger or some duct tape. Thanks for the great suggestion Ed! Michelle Smith Student Tuner Bastrop, Texas On Apr 9, 2006, at 4:01 PM, ed440 at mindspring.com wrote: > > By golly, I believe I have come up with an ultimate treble mute, > one that will get completely out of the way in the tightest spinet, > and not pop loose. I've posted pictures to files at ptg.org. and > impatiently await the moderator's assistance in showing them. > > Meanwhile, the mute is made by hooking one rubber grommet from a > spinet key fork onto a piece of coat hanger wire. The groove on > the grommet easily snaps between two unisons at the V-bar. Then > press the damper pedal and slide the grommet down below the damper > tops. Flip the wire forward between the dampers and it rests on the > hammer rest rail, completely out of the way of the hammers. > > I carried this idea around in my head for several months, and > finally got around to trying it this afternoon because of the > discussion on this list. > > Ed Sutton > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060409/a445e1bb/attachment-0001.html
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