<!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 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Jesse:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Is there a reason you can't leave the mute for that string in place until your next tuning?  It usually results in a small reduction in volume, but sure saves those trips back to retune.  A formula for overpull would be hard to come up with, and asking the customer to remove the mute might open a can of worms.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>