<html> <body> Jurgen, Even though I do a lot of "rubber mute" tuning, I've recently bought temp. strips from Scaff (way too thick) and Piantek (way too wide. Can't even use on a vertical without cutting!). I may be contacting you soon! :-) Avery At 08:04 PM 11/5/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Two comments: if the outside strings are not "close" to the pitch of the middle string, they are more apt to "leak" through the temperament strip.  (Also, if they are then tuned to the middle string, the middle string will probably shift.  "You can't tune a piano that is not in tune") As well, pianos will have different string spacings and your temp. strip may not be tight enough because it is too thin.  I can supply pure wool temperament strips in different thicknesses Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> <pre>Trent Wrote: ...On the Bush & Lane, I'd noticed this interference from the damped outside strings a few times, too, but it only had an effect for the first fraction of a second or so, then presumably the temperament strip killed the interference.  But on the Mason & Hamlin, the interference from the outside strings seemed to last a couple seconds or so.  Plus, it seems like maybe it actually influences the middle string, and it seems to make the last steps of zero-ing in ambiguous.  ..... .....I was wondering if anyone else finds it difficult to adequately damp the outside strings with a felt temperament strip.  Or is my technique wrong, either the way I'm listening or the way I'm using the strip, although I can't see too many ways to drastically improve how I put it in.  Is noise from the outside strings normal, and you're supposed to learn to work around it?  Or maybe I just have a cheap or incorrect type of temperament strip.  I noticed that the one that came in the Randy Potter materials seemed to have a high synthetic content.  Maybe it would work better, but something happened to it (involving it's being called to service in another musical instrument), so I've been using a feltier/woolier one that I got in a box of miscellaneous used piano stuff, so I don't know much about it.  It doesn't seem to fit too loosely or anything though.  ........ I should mention that because I've been doing a lot of temperament changing and pitch-raising type things, the three strings of the unisons are often pretty far off from each other, more than normal, so maybe that has something to do with this...... Trent Lesher   </pre></blockquote></blockquote></body> </html>