Wow... three great ideas in one small thread! (Mute on a magnet, sheet metal damper-mover, mute below the treble dampers.) Thanks Allen and David! <div>On 2/25/07, Allen Wright <<a href="mailto:akwright@btopenworld.com">akwright@btopenworld.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style="">I should add that what I also do is use a small straight edge (actually the small nylon cutting block I keep in my toolkit) to shove the strip all the way down BELOW the dampers, so that they keep functioning as usual (no sympathetically ringing notes). That's the beauty of this method - it's as if the dampers aren't even an issue and you can tune normally. Then, of course, it's easy to pull the strip out without damaging dampers. <div> </div><div>Allen <div><div>On 25 Feb 2007, at 19:19, David Nereson wrote:</div> <div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div>  The main thing I don't like about tuning Wurtilizers [sic] is that the upper part of the plate in the treble has a raised area that's too close to the strings and makes it almost impossible to get a strip of muting felt to stay put.   (I mute all the way to the top.   Above the treble break, I insert the strip just above the dampers, then press the damper pedal, insert a piece of sheet metal between the dampers and the strings, to protect the damper felts, then shove the muting strip down far enough to clear the hammers, and pull out the piece of sheet metal, which has the top edge bent over to act as a handle.   I depress the damper pedal of course when removing the strip.   This method isn't useful if you tune unisons as you go.)               --David Nereson, RPT   -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">pianotune05@comcast.net</a> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:50 PM To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> pianotech@ptg.org</a> Subject: Wurly   I found Wurlys a pain to tune, but not as muuch so as some others.  They sure do have a lot of false beats however. Marshall </div> </blockquote></div></div> <div> <span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div>Allen Wright</div><div>6 Clay Court, 219 Long Lane</div><div>London SE1 4PB</div><div>United Kingdom</div><div>020 7378 8265 </div><div>0780-688-1325 (mobile)</div><div> </div><div> </div> </div> </div></div></blockquote></div>