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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I like the Papps Mute for the
treble.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>There are narrower rubber
ones.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I use an eye screwed into the two sizes of mute,
then tie them together with a shoelace or piece of string, so that they can't
fall down into the piano, without a way of retrieving.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<A title=rfinley@rcn.com href="mailto:rfinley@rcn.com">Robert Finley</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:28
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Problem with Rubber Mutes
Falling in Upright Piano</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have had problems with rubber wedge mutes
falling down into an upright piano. In some places it is difficult to find the
best position to place the mutes, especially in the higher treble because the
strings are so short and there is so little room. When the mute falls down it
sometimes dislodges the hammer butt springs and I have to re-position them on
the hammer butts with a damper regulating tool. What would you recommend I do
to stop this happening? Thank you very much. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert
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