strip muting with sheet metal

[Allen Wright]

or for aluminum pieces, it seems like I got a scrap piece from a  
place that sold windows or aluminum siding or some such.

Allen
On 26 Feb 2007, at 11:08, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> At 10:04 AM 2/26/2007 +0000, you wrote:
>> 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
>
>
> If people are wondering where they could get a small piece of sheet  
> metal, they should try Home Depot or similar building supply place,  
> get a flashing shingle and cut/shape it to the desired size and shape.
>
> I don't use one myself for strip muting, but I have used a chunk as  
> a lid on my gluepot.
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer
>
> There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them.
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>






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