mutes

[John Formsma]

It only takes me 1 to 1.5 minutes to strip mute a piano, sometimes 30 sec
longer on verticals since you have to get the mute behind the dampers. And
sometimes longer because of being tired or not focused.

Time-wise, you save a lot not having to move mutes around. Plus, if you
double strip, you can tune by whole tones moving up, then down a section
(tuning unisons, that is).

JF

On 2/27/07, RicB <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:
>
> Hi Allen
>
> Actually,  uprights is what I started using just rubber mutes on.
> Getting the strip on was always just a pain in the patootey and it just
> didnt seem to be worth the time to dig the thing out of my bag, put it
> in, do the temperament and whip it off again.  Once in a while a rubber
> mute slips and I have to dig it out of the damper levers... but you get
> used to avoiding that.
>
> I remember years ago going into a music store in the north Seattle area
> called Prossers (I think thats how its spelled) I watched this guy strip
> mute the entire piano... took him ten minutes all in all.  I just didnt
> ( and still dont) get the point. Seems counter productive to me.  But,
> different strokes. In the end if you get good results its not so
> important I guess.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>
>     Ric,
>
>     I'm curious, do you use the same method on uprights as well? I don't
>     use strips on grands, but prefer to on uprights, because I don't like
>     dealing with the gravity issues (mutes falling out or drooping down
>     onto the dampers, etc.).
>
>     Allen Wright
>
>
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