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<DIV>Hi Keith,</DIV>
<DIV>I usually, remove the mute rail, and use a Papp's mute.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kpiano@goldrush.com href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith
Roberts</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> Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:23
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning Over-Damper Pianos</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get to tune my first one tomorrow afternoon.
It's a Kirkman, full plate, restrung, new pins. How do you guys mute the
piano? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith R</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>