<!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 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>pianotune05@comcast.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 25, 2007 5:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> strip muting with sheet metal<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is there a subsitute for sheet metal?  I don't have a shop. I wonder if they still make these metal rulers that were kinda fat and flimsy, and is so would that work?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall<SPAN class=495141511-27022007><FONT size=4> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=495141511-27022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=495141511-27022007><FONT size=4>I don't know what kind of ruler you mean, but mine is just a piece of fairly stiff sheet metal, about 4" x 5", with about 3/4" of the top edge folded over at a 45 deg. angle or so.  </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=495141511-27022007>    <FONT size=4>-David Nereson, RPT</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>