<!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> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=phil.errembault@skynet.be href="mailto:phil.errembault@skynet.be">Philippe Errembault</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> Sunday, May 14, 2006 2:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Birdcage tuning</DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"For the papp's mute, I always wondered how do blind or sight impaired tuners in front of such a piano. Not that it is not possible, but seeing what you do when inserting the mute between the hammer's shanks and the damper lift wires can help much... "</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>=======================================</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's the beauty of the papps wedge. You can pluck the strings with it so you can feel your way along. No need to see.  Because the papps wedge is relatively stiff compared to a rubber mute you can run the tip of it along the strings. All the strings are damped except the one you want to tune because you are holding down that note's key. When the tip of the wedge plucks that string it sounds, so you know you're at the right spot. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>AF</STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>