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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I am surprised that your strip mute doesn't burn,
at that speed. :-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: mutes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>It only takes me 1 to 1.5 minutes to strip mute a piano,
sometimes 30 sec longer on verticals since you have to get the mute behind the
dampers. And sometimes longer because of being tired or not
focused.<BR><BR>Time-wise, you save a lot not having to move mutes around.
Plus, if you double strip, you can tune by whole tones moving up, then down a
section (tuning unisons, that is). <BR><BR>JF<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/27/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>RicB</B>
<<A href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">ricb@pianostemmer.no</A>>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hi
Allen<BR><BR>Actually, uprights is what I started using just
rubber mutes on.<BR>Getting the strip on was always just a pain in the
patootey and it just<BR>didnt seem to be worth the time to dig the thing out
of my bag, put it <BR>in, do the temperament and whip it off
again. Once in a while a rubber<BR>mute slips and I have to dig
it out of the damper levers... but you get<BR>used to avoiding
that.<BR><BR>I remember years ago going into a music store in the north
Seattle area <BR>called Prossers (I think thats how its spelled) I watched
this guy strip<BR>mute the entire piano... took him ten minutes all in
all. I just didnt<BR>( and still dont) get the point. Seems
counter productive to me. But, <BR>different strokes. In the end
if you get good results its not so<BR>important I
guess.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR><BR> Ric,<BR><BR> I'm
curious, do you use the same method on uprights as well? I
don't<BR> use strips on grands, but prefer to on
uprights, because I don't like<BR> dealing with the
gravity issues (mutes falling out or drooping
down<BR> onto the dampers,
etc.).<BR><BR> Allen
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