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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma> I had my wife sew two lengths
together. Voila! Now I have only one mute strip to contend with.
Length is no problem, when I put it away I fold it in half length, half again,
and lay it in my case. Easy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma> Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=rnossaman@cox.net href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">Ron Nossaman</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Reducing tuning
time (was Re: frustrated)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 1/12/2013 8:06 AM, <A
href="mailto:tunerboy3@comcast.net">tunerboy3@comcast.net</A>
wrote:<BR><BR>> You order it like one solid piece, something like 72" or
84" long or<BR>> so, and cut to desired length or, don't cut it at
all. I ordered 6<BR>> or 10 of them so I could experiment with
it. I wound up cutting one<BR>> of them down the center all the way
and using that one in the treble.<BR><BR>I cut a strip diagonally down it's
length and get two tapered lengths. <BR>Ideal in verticals to get around the
dampers in that last section where <BR>there's no room - especially in
Baldwins. A full width strip works very <BR>well in the bass, or two of them
if one leaks too much. Pearl River <BR>passed out a terrific strip at the
convention one year. Thin action <BR>cloth sewed to buckskin (or Ecsaine, but
it acts like buckskin). Best <BR>tenor strip I've ever used in grands. I've
wished I had managed to get a <BR>couple more, but they were pretty protective
of them and they wouldn't <BR>be difficult to make when the one I have gives
up the ghost.<BR><BR><BR>> I don't now why but string spacing tends
to<BR>> be a little greater in the tenor on verticals than in the
treble.<BR><BR>Fan angles, I'd say. I use a narrow strip of thicker action
cloth here.<BR>Ron N<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>