strip muting with sheet metal

[Allen Wright]

Once again; I would suggest using a piece of angled aluminum - my  
piece is about 6-7" long, and an inch wide on either side, at a 90  
degree angle; simply lift the dampers with the pedal, slide the  
aluminum piece in behind and on top of them, and then with a short  
ruler of some sort  push the strip down all the way underneath the  
dampers (which are completely protected from damage by the aluminum  
strip). You can then remove the aluminum and proceed to tune as you  
normally would. Sheet metal bent at 90 degrees would work also, of  
course. The aluminum is nice and light, though, and just the right  
configuration.

The dampers then work normally, and you can pull out the strip one  
note (actually two) at a time as you work your way up, unmuting one  
string on each of the two unisons (so you need to have tuned the  
center string up in the next unison before you pull the strip, if  
you're tuning unisons as you go - otherwise, just tune center strings  
all the way up, and then begin to pull the strip as you tune outside  
strings to the center strings on the way up).

I then only have to use the rubber mute (with the magnet attached on  
a string) on unisons that may slip or need touching up afterwards.

I hope this is helpful.

Allen Wright, RPT

On 26 Feb 2007, at 00:22, John Formsma wrote:

> You probably have a piece of stiff cardboard around the house that  
> you could cut and use temporarily. I've taken the metal from a VCR  
> housing to make stuff with. Might find something around your house.  
> <grin>
>
> JF
>
> On 2/25/07, pianotune05 at comcast.net <pianotune05 at comcast.net > wrote:
> Is there a subsitute for sheet metal?  I don't have a shop. I  
> wonder if they still make these metal rulers that were kinda fat  
> and flimsy, and is so would that work?
> Marshall
>

Allen Wright
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