<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <STYLE type=text/css>DIV { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=187144305-11082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Even though it's just a drawing, I can tell that the mounting and functionality of the piano mute in the Schaff catalog really beats the Quiet Keys system. And it's less expensive. Thanks for the tip.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=187144305-11082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=187144305-11082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=187144305-11082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Los Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=187144305-11082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=187144305-11082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us 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>Dave Davis<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 10, 2007 10:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: After market practice pads<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Schaff has a "Piano Mute" on pg. 26, No. 1843 in the new catalog. I saw one installed recently and it worked well, though I didn't look close for quality. </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Congrats on passing the exams!!</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Davis, RPT<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner@ivories52.com><BR>To: "Pianotech@Ptg. Org" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:06:35 PM<BR>Subject: After market practice pads<BR><BR> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343594804-11082007>I recently received a request to install an after market practice pad on a new upright piano. The middle pedal is bass sustain. The manufacturer of the piano, even though they market a piano where the middle pedal is bass sustain and the practice pad is activated with a lever under the keybed, does not sell the practice pad as an add on. The only third party practice pad I was able to find was the Quiet Keys System. While it did accomplish the task, both the customer and I felt that it was cheap in both design and materials. In fact it showed serious signs of rust in only the first month. And this is Southern California in the Summer. Does anyone know of a third party practice pad system for uprights other than Quite Keys?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343594804-11082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343594804-11082007>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343594804-11082007>-- Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>