<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>We don't use a strip at all. Papps wedge only. Because this piano has a top bridge the strings are deflected in the horizontal plane so that visually the hammers do not align with the </STRONG><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" size=3>tuning pins. <STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Notice the chalk marks on several of the tuning pins. I mark them into 4ths and 5ths divisions so I know where I am. </FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jim@pianoguy.com href="mailto:jim@pianoguy.com">Jim</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:09 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Birdcage tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Other issues aside, how does one strip mute a piano of this design . .  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>They really give me a pain . .  luckily, only have a few customers with these 'antiques' . .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>JIm Kinnea</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>