<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" = name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px = 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes ORGYPOS="0"> <DIV><FONT size=2>Yes, Robin, they were made of cane.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></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=pianoman@westnet.com.au = href="mailto:pianoman@westnet.com.au">Robin Stevens</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> Saturday, July 02, 2005 = 7:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Breaking Paps = wedges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 = width="100%" border=0><TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" = width="100%"> <DIV> Susan...I find that after many tunings they get = thinner and thinner at the narrowest part of the tip. What happens with a = very thin Paps wedge is if you hit a string directly, rather than between = two strings they will break. My thinnest wedge at the moment is .074 = thou at the narrowest point of the tip, while a new wedge is .101 = thou.</DIV> <DIV>I would expect a wedge to last me about 5 years, although I = must admit, me being careless is the cause of them breaking.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I first started tuning (1960) all the wedges were made = out of a hard wood of some sort. An old tuner gave me a wedge made out = of Rose wood which I keep, but not use, being a relic of the past.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Robin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> = 07/02/05 12:53:27</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> = Re: Slipping Paps wedge</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At 12:26 PM 7/2/2005 +0930, you wrote:</DIV> <DIV>>The thinnest is used from about A4 up and usually is = the first to break.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hi, Robin.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You've had Paps mutes break? After 26 years, I'm still = using my original two.</DIV> <DIV>Perhaps yours are differently made?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Susan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom = align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOC= KQUOTE></BODY></HTML>