<HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Pianotek RBN-U5G</DIV> <DIV>Schaff 3784</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Clicks in spinet actions are often caused by the old grommets which have become hard, so you will have a use for the other 98 before long.  </DIV> <DIV>I would also suggest, before trying to pull spinet actions with rubber grommets, that you tweak a few with needle nose pliers.  If they have gone hard, they will break when you push the grommets off the key forks.   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton<BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: pianotune05@comcast.net <BR>Sent: Apr 10, 2006 8:45 AM <BR>To: ed440@mindspring.com, Pianotech List <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: Re: [Files] A very useful vertical mute <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZBODY> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=4>Hi Ed,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Would you happen to know the catelog numbers for these grommets?  This idea sounds interesting.  Thanks Ed</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: ed440@mindspring.com <BR><BR>> The mute discussion caused me to remember an idea I had some months <BR>> ago while driving from a miserable spinet repair and tuning. This <BR>> afternoon I overcame my inertia and made some samples, and they work <BR>> great. <BR>> <BR>> The rubber grommets for spinet key end forks have a groove around the <BR>> perimeter, and are just the right size to fit between adjacent unison <BR>> groups at the V-bar of a vertical piano. <BR>> <BR>> Add a wire handle, and you have a miracle mute! <BR>> <BR>> Snap it in at the V-bar, press the damper pedal and slide it down <BR>> below the damper tops, and flip the handle forward onto the hammer <BR>> rest rail. You have a mute that is solidly attached to the strings, <BR>> and its handle is completely out of the way of the hammers, even on <BR>> the tightest spinet treble. <BR>> <BR>> I hope the attached photos get through the filter. <BR>> <BR>> Ed Sutton <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BODY>