This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Esteemed list, Thanks for your responses, to the list and privately, to my post re: the = Papps mute. It occurred to me that I misspoke when I said I could tune = two notes at a time with this technique, so I wanted to correct that. = Only step E allows for that. Step B and C allow only one string to be = tuned. I guess it just flies by so quickly that it almost seems like = I'm always tuning two strings! Sorry 'bout that.=20 Another thing that I failed to mention that increases speed with this = method is to learn to move the mute with your left hand (if you're a = right-handed tuner, I guess) WHILE you move the hammer with your right = hand. Blazin'!! On another note, I was asked about the split rubber mute, so I thought = I'd tell how I use it to tune 3 strings at a time. Again, this is using = the "unisons as you go" method, so I usually just use it for pitch = changes. (I'm not good enough yet to do the Virgil Smith method on the = fine tuning... someday!) I use this as soon as I start tuning 3-string = unisons, and continue it as long as I can. Unlike the Papp's mute, this = method can ALSO be used on grands, and can go all the way up the = keyboard. This method was shown to me by Peter Briant, RPT. Let's start with the lowest 3-string unison: 1. Place the mute around all three strings, leaving just the center = string open. Being right-handed I usually have the handle lying to the = right, especially on the lower strings. When the fit gets tight in the = case or around the struts, I'll lay the handle to the left. And on the = occasional hard to mute trio near a strut on a grand, you'll have to = stand the mute a bit more straight upward to effectively mute the = (usually) right string. 2. Tune the center string. (Let's arbitrarily call this F) 3. Move the move to the next string (F#) and leave ITS center string = open. 4. Tune the first (F) string's left string to center. 5. Tune the next center string. (F#) 6. Move the mute to G . (Notice, we're ALWAYS surrounding the center = string of a 3-string unison with the mute.) 7. Tune F# left to F# center. 8. Tune F right to F left and F center. 9. Tune G center. At this point, you move the mute again (to G#) and continue that = 3-string pattern - now G left, F# right, G# center. I suppose for extra speed one could learn to change this mute with the = right hand while the left hand moved the hammer, too, but I haven't = tried that... it's pretty fast as is! Hope this helps. Thank Peter Briant if it does. John Dorr Helena, MT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fb/d3/a6/e8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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