Wurly

[paul bruesch]

Wow... three great ideas in one small thread! (Mute on a magnet, sheet metal
damper-mover, mute below the treble dampers.) Thanks Allen and David!

On 2/25/07, Allen Wright <akwright at btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> I should add that what I also do is use a small straight edge (actually
> the small nylon cutting block I keep in my toolkit) to shove the strip all
> the way down BELOW the dampers, so that they keep functioning as usual (no
> sympathetically ringing notes). That's the beauty of this method - it's as
> if the dampers aren't even an issue and you can tune normally. Then, of
> course, it's easy to pull the strip out without damaging dampers.
> Allen
> On 25 Feb 2007, at 19:19, David Nereson wrote:
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>  The main thing I don't like about tuning Wurtilizers [sic] is that the
> upper part of the plate in the treble has a raised area that's too close to
> the strings and makes it almost impossible to get a strip of muting felt to
> stay put.  (I mute all the way to the top.  Above the treble break, I
> insert the strip just above the dampers, then press the damper pedal, insert
> a piece of sheet metal between the dampers and the strings, to protect the
> damper felts, then shove the muting strip down far enough to clear the
> hammers, and pull out the piece of sheet metal, which has the top edge bent
> over to act as a handle.  I depress the damper pedal of course when
> removing the strip.  This method isn't useful if you tune unisons as you
> go.)
>
>             --David Nereson, RPT
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> -----Original Message-----
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> ]*On Behalf Of *pianotune05 at comcast.net
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:50 PM
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> *Subject:* Wurly
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> I found Wurlys a pain to tune, but not as muuch so as some others.  They
> sure do have a lot of false beats however.
>
> Marshall
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> Allen Wright
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