[pianotech] spring steel split mute (was Pitch raise criteria)

[Joe Goss]

Yes that is the one.
You have trimmed both the top and bottom of the mute.
As I work the mute right handed only the top ( as it points to the left) is trimmed. This works for almost all the damper section. There still may be a few dampers that need to be raised with the pedal or finger so as not to harm the damping.
Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Formsma 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:27 AM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] spring steel split mute (was Pitch raise criteria)


  On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Scott Jackson <scottwaynejackson at hotmail.com> wrote:

    Joe,
    What is a spring steel split mute? And where do I get one? I normally use a Papps mute for the tri-chords, and whatever fits best for the bi-chords.

    Scott Jackson




  Attached are three pictures of the spring steel split mute I use.  I think it came from Schaff, but it's been a few years ago, so I don't remember.


  I don't often use the mute end of it anymore, but have found the other end to be quite useful for inserting strip mutes. I ground the sharp corners off the steel end, and made it slightly angled to make it easier to insert a strip mute into the treble section of verticals.



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  JF
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