<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The rubber split mute works on the same = idea as the Papp mute.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seldom shakes out, but when it does, = washing the dust off seems to solve the problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do however keep the split mute and a = wide bass mute tethered together as my aching back tends to complain a lot when I = have to get down under the key bed and look for a dislodged mute. = <O:((</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 30, 2005 = 12:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Papp's Treble = Mute</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Am I the only one, having problems = with the product supplied over the last few years?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>My original, white plastic one, lasted = years.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have had 3 of the 'blue' ones. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They are too soft, the hinge pins drop = out, they are too flexible, and jump out of the strings as you tune, and they = wear out too fast. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The wearing out, might have something = to do with older pianos, and the strings being contaminated ( mild surface corrosion) and being more abrasive. Mind you, the older one = lasted longer, same pianos.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I am thinking, of adapting my old = white one, to take new tips that screw on.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT= ></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>