<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_e3df4565-2105-4a7b-92ed-cd7776613e59><FONT color=black size=2 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <div><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Back when I would strip mute a piano, I really liked the White Action cloth from Schaff - 317W ( </FONT>Medium white cloth, 1" wide, .110 thick. )  It was also extremely resilient... aka lasted a long time. Personally, I cut mine in half, lengthwise... though as some have suggested, one could cut a taper, as well.</div> <div> </div> <div>Though sometimes above the tenor break on Grands I needed the Thin 209T red strip ( .135" thick ), which is, of course, thicker.</div> <div> </div> <div>Bill Fritz, St Louis</div> <div><br>  </div> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); PADDING-TOP: 1px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal" noWrap>From:</TD> <TD style="FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">Dale Erwin <erwinspiano@aol.com></TD></TR> <TR vAlign=top> <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); PADDING-TOP: 1px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">To:</TD> <TD style="FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">pianotech@ptg.org</TD></TR> <TR vAlign=top> <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); PADDING-TOP: 1px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">Subject:</TD> <TD style="FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">Re: [pianotech] Reducing tuning time (was Re: frustrated)</TD></TR> <TR vAlign=top> <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); PADDING-TOP: 1px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">Date:</TD> <TD style="FONT: 11px arial; BACKGROUND: rgb(249,249,249); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:44:38 -0500 (EST)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <div id=AOLMsgPart_22_59aad93d-5e39-4721-b396-098fada42beb><FONT color=navy size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Yes </FONT><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Jerry</FONT><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> it is called action cloth. Its for sticker/ abstract felting,wippen heels....ahhh you know that.</FONT> <div><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">I use the thick stuff from Schaff. </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128); FONT-SIZE: small">I've use this material for mutes for about 30 years.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128); FONT-SIZE: small"> </SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128); FONT-SIZE: small">I strip the material in 1/2 inch or so pieces and hot glue the ends together so I have on continuous piece.</SPAN></div> <div><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">The more worn pieces I use in the high treble and the newer thicker pieces in the bass and tenor.</FONT><br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: navy; CLEAR: both; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=royalblue size=1><B><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT color=black><FONT color=mediumblue face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <FONT color=green>Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</FONT><br> </FONT></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT color=darkgreen><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><B><FONT size=1><FONT color=black size=1><FONT color=blueviolet><FONT color=black><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</FONT><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=cornflowerblue size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><A href="http://www.erwinspiano.com/" target=_blank>www.Erwinspiano.com</A></FONT><FONT size=1><br> </FONT><FONT color=crimson size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT></div> </div> </FONT></div> </FONT></div> </div> </font>