<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Very elegant solution, Sy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>ABQ, NM</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=only4zab@imt.net href="mailto:only4zab@imt.net">Sy Zabrocki</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 09, 2008 3:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Arthritic Thumbs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have arthritis in both of my thumbs. It is painful when grasping and tugging on the tuning mutes. I have installed an ordinary rubber grommet on the ring of the mute wire. This makes the mute easier to insert and pull out. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Check out the photo in attachment.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sy Zabrocki</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>