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<DIV>I agree about the felt mute . . tried the rubber strip and found it =
to be a
pain in the., . . . .</DIV>
<DIV>JIm</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 21, 2005 =
11:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Strip mutes was . =
. Re:
Moving from Uprights to Grands</DIV>
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Ric</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial =
color=#000000
size=3> Frankly the idea that a good tuner can't =
get good
results when using a temp strip is Hogwash. It sound like your saying
something similar. </FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000
size=3> I've been using complete strip muting for 32 years =
& I
beleive the stability of my work speaks for itself. I know many others =
who do
as well & with the finest results you can imagine</FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000
size=3> I will say that the material used for muting can have =
an
enormous impact on the stability. Rule no. 1....Do not use supply =
house temp
strips.</FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000
size=3> I use the thick green action cloth for years . It's =
stripped to
about 1/2 to 5/8 wide. I use the one that gets thinnest =
from use in
the top treble ,the next most worn one in the capo section & the =
thickest
newest one in the middle & bass. Using this cloth spreads the =
strings to a
bare minimum with effeicient damping.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial =
color=#000000
size=3> The efficiency of the whole tuning system is also less =
tedious
for me than always moving hands & mutes ... but that's =
me.</FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000
size=2><FONT size=3> If using one mute works well for you =
then this is
great. It's the results that count. but enough of the myth that strip =
muting
can't give excellent results.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi, Susan and Michael et al,</DIV>
<DIV>The whole business of strip muting for either the temperament =
octave
or even into the further reaches of the piano has always been
controversial here in UK. Probably like Michael I was =
trained
very traditionally, to discard the strip mute quite early on =
and rely
on one's ear for laying the temperament with just two =
wedges. It has
always been looked down upon in the profession here if a =
tuner still
has to use a temperament strip, almost suggesting that his/her ear =
is not
reliable enough to do without it. The analogy being a baby's =
walking
frame I suppose! Because of this early influence =
I can
actually feel 'ashamed' if I resort to using a strip =
or rubber
gang mute on a difficult piano. Do i need psychoanalysis? =
However, I
could actually argue pretty stongly in favour of using them =
with very
small grands and uprights where inharmonicity is so pronounced =
that
setting an acceptable temperament can take more than one pass, and =
using
this aid would be quicker. When this topic comes under =
discussion
over here it is generally argued that the temperament is not =
exactly the
same when you return to complete the unisons and that the whole =
excercise
can be more time consuming.</DIV>
<DIV>It would be interesting to know what proportion of tuners is =
'mute
free'</DIV>
<DIV>Ric</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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