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<DIV>Hi Michael & List,</DIV>
<DIV>First of all, my apologies for sounding a bit 'priggish' over the mutin=
g
strip business. But it really is an issue here. As Michael point=
s
out these things are discussed in the PTA conventions, and I imagine it=
is
a brave 'tested' member of PTA who admits to using temperament
muting.</DIV>
<DIV>Another learning curve certainly involves first visiting grand pianos a=
s a
novice tuner. Yet another situation of being thown in a the deep end
sometimes. I vividly remember my first experience, on my own, trying t=
o
replace a S&S pedal lyre with the owner watching! Another situatio=
n
was being unable to remove the music desk from an older Broadwood grand beca=
use
I hadn't been told about the hidden little notch in the runners. The t=
iny
(sometimes almost invisible) screws holding the key fall into its slots=
can
be another pitfall for the novice too. I think that all technicia=
ns'
training programmes should have a module on all the common piano m=
akes
with idiosyncratic design aspects.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ric</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>