<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: one rubber mute</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>David:  I'd also like your = further explanation.  Thanks Jim</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=bigda@gte.net href="mailto:bigda@gte.net">David = Andersen</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> Thursday, November 04, = 2004 11:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: one rubber = mute</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT color=#008080><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">WHen I'm in the temperament section, I'm = constantly using reference strings for checks -- testing fifths with the major = sixth below the lower note of the fifth, for example. How do you do this efficiently using a single rubber mute?<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT color=#008080><SPAN = style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT = face=Verdana><BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Verdana>Do you mean you use = strings you haven’t tuned yet as references? I don’t do that; I just tune as I = go, using the tests I’ve learned within the notes I’ve tuned. Email me = privately, Jason, and we’ll talk about this so you can get an idea of what I’m doing....<BR><BR>David Andersen</FONT></SPAN> = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>