<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/30/2004 5:32:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, swidmer@= rochester.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I am having a tough time finding replacement m= uting felt strips (untapered)<BR>for tuning.  My old strips are so comp= acted that they aren't muting anymore.<BR>I called Schaff but they only have= the tapered kind.  All I want are the<BR>old-fashioned red wool strips= .  Any ideas.  Thanks<BR><BR>_____________________________________= __________<BR><FONT size=4>pianotech</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>  &nb= sp;  To whoever you are</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>  &nb= sp; I second Mike Kurtas idea. I've used the thickest action cloth (green )t= hat schaff sells. It's easilt stripped ,it holds up for a very long time &am= p; it doesn't spread the string as much as the thick read strips which = tends to create tuning instability. Try it you';ll like it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>   Na= me unknown</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>