Temperament Strips

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Matthew,
There is another irritant for me, the strip in your case is too thin.
My pet peeve is when the strip is too thick and moves the  strings
out of place closer to the center string. resulting in the hammer hitting
on a different spot and causing the extra work of string spacing.
My solution was to ditch the strip mutes and ( using a SAT, Verituner )
use a split rubber mute, the one with the flex steel handle.
This was the only mute that I used for years until a few years ago 
when I started using a felt mute ( the ones that are tapered and 1" wide)
On grands only. I still need to use the split mute on the B 7 and C 8
as the hammers are blocked by the 1" wide mute.
One must trim the split mute that you get from supply houses 
as the tips are too thick to thick and wide at the tip for me.
Rubber wedge on all wrapped strings and the split 
on the rest of the piano for this kid <G>
Now I do not carry a bundle of felt any more just small pieces for repair.


Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matthew Todd 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:03 PM
  Subject: Temperament Strips


  These two questions have been on my mind, and I would like to know your opinions.

  In regards to strip muting the treble section where the strings are shorter.  So the hammers strike the strings, is it okay to move the strip carefully down behind the dampers?  I am always concerned about ruining the felt.  If I make the loops in my strip as small as possible, would this practice be okay?  Then if I made the loops too small, the temperament strip would actually mute all three of the strings instead.  Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.

  The second question is this:

  How do you all deal with strings "bleeding" through the mutes?  It has become an annoyance of mine lately.  Some a lot more subtle than others, but still the same regardless.  I even get some "bleeding" between strings that are not that far off at all.

  Thanks in advance!
  Matthew


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