<!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 bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes ORGYPOS="0"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And, Sarah, if it doesn't quite work = I've a brain wave for alternative use!.... can't remember what it was tho' = :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</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=sarah@graphic-fusion.com = href="mailto:sarah@graphic-fusion.com">Sarah Fox</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> Tuesday, July 05, 2005 = 5:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Papps redesign?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,<BR><BR>Robin originally wrote,<BR><BR>>If you look at a Papps wedge closely it would take = some fine wood working  skills to duplicate one. Maybe one of our expert = sound board makers could make a few. <BR><BR>... which was a challenge I = couldn't well pass up!  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you = my redesign of the Papps mute, designed especially for grand piano usage (doesn't = fall over, even on the lowest trichords).  It is precision crafted = from the finest hardwood, engineered to exacting specifications and sturdy = enough to be handed down through generations to come.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:005401c5814a$6ad2a580$04000100@MICHAEL" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Its simple, but elegant design = enables the skilled artisan to clamp the outer two strings of a trichord very = quickly and with ease.  The felt pieces attached to the side press firmly = against the adjacent strings, damping against them with the same effectiveness as = two rubber wedge mutes inserted in the same positions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only $15.  Now taking = orders.  Operators standing by!  <grin></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seriously, it takes only a minute or = two to make one:  Take it apart, and weaken the spring a bit.  = File/sand down the wood on the inside tip, tapering it to a broad point.  = With a small triangular file, file a notch on each side.  = Reassemble.  Glue felt to the sides.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course as effective as this little = beauty is, I think it's something only an amateur can use, because the = professionals have to *look*, er...  "professional."  (I wonder if there's some = way to dress it up so that it doesn't look like a clothes pin (which it = is NOT!!).  Perhaps a piece of unshrunk heat sink tubing around the tell-tale spring area?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All in fun!  (But it really does = work -- quite well, in fact.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>