<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Strange front string mutes?</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks.  That explains why it looks like = separate chunks of felt.  They aren't cut apart; it's the strings sitting on = top.  Strange picture...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</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=kam544@gbronline.com = href="mailto:kam544@gbronline.com">Keith McGavern</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> Friday, July 11, 2003 = 8:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Strange front = string mutes?</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>At 12:52 AM -0500 7/11/03, Cy Shuster wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=-1>Forgive another = newbie question, but what is being used here to mute the front non-speaking = string segments?  They look like pink dampers on each unison.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><A = href="http://www.startribune.com/images/hl/3981779_63001.html"><FONT = size=-1>http://www.startribune.com/images/hl/3981779_63001.html</FONT><= /A></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Cy,</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>I'm pretty certain what you are referencing is the string rest = felt that is *under* the strings.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>Keith McGavern</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>