<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll give that a try John. I was using either a = screw driver small one, or the round end of a stick mute to put the strip in .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</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=john@formsmapiano.com = href="mailto:john@formsmapiano.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 13, 2006 = 8:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Blue handled = mute</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Also great to insert strip mutes, or spread glue around.<BR><BR>John Formsma<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated = href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid20a.125cdf31.312186aa@aol.com type="cite"> <META http-equiv=Context-Type content="text/html; = charset=US-ASCII"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> It is not to be confused with the flat handled mutes with = the blued steel handle, which work quite well.  After the rubber = wears out, you can even use the handle to push a rag around in hard to clean = places under the strings near the tuning pins.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave = Stahl</DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>