<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Is the piano old enough to show the strike point where the hammers have been hitting the strings? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Then its easy. If not, </FONT><FONT face=Arial>measure the probible strike point of A0 and install mute to be able to raise above  that point easily and yet be able to be adjusted below by 1/2"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>You will not have to worry about C 88 as the measurement is only 1/8" or so at that point.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Straight line from A0 t0 C 88 and trim to fit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>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></FONT></DIV> <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=noel444@access4less.net href="mailto:noel444@access4less.net">Noel Kaufmann</A> </DIV> <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> Friday, May 12, 2006 8:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> HELP!! QRS "grand damper rail" install. nightmare</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just that.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any experience anyone?  Any success?  I talked to the tech guy at QRS and of course he never installed one.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Though it's basically a simple design, there are a number of challenges on this thing; and for me anyway, it's especially the actual sizing/placing of the felt mute.  (E.g. action is out for this part, but how to confirm it will work where placed, without a thousand re-placements)  I spent three hours all-told last week, and could use a tip/technique/tool idea(?)  for the rest of the work...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>'Love to hear back from someone in the know, to correspond on the nuances.  I have to get back out to customer's house next Wednesday!  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At any rate, when I'm eventually done (dealer's cost : )   )  I could make suggestions for others.  Like, don't recommend one (I actually told the customer, before being able to get out to his house, that in the meantime he could experiment with a couple scarves on the strings... He thought I was kidding, but I wasn't, and still amn't.  Of course, this is the customer who doesn't play much at all but who doesn't like the tone of C88.  Oy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>[Sorry, no photos at this time -- maybe when I go back; or not.]</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Noel Kaufmann, RPT</DIV> <DIV>Santa Fe, NM</DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>