<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Sorry Allen</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>   Now I get it .we are talking uprights? right? I still use the same tool.  Push in the mute & lift the dampers & slide  er down</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Dale,  <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>You're talking about what you use to put the strip between the strings here, right? The angled aluminum piece I'm describing is used to cover and protect the dampers, so that I can then push the already inserted strip down underneath the dampers with the straightedge (or whatever - long enough that it pushes the strip all down at once in the damper area, then pushing the rest of it down higher up).</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>I've tried the Papp mute and found it less convenient. I like having a temperament strip firmly muting the strings, and find I can concentrate more on tuning and less on moving a mute around - especially since in that area where there's so little room above the dampers to operate in. Different strokes for different folks...</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Cheers,</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Allen</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A title="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com" href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom" target="_blank"><B>AOL.com</B></A>.</BODY></HTML>