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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yours is a left handed design. =
Here's my
right handed version.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer PTG assoc<BR>Santa Clara,
Ca.</FONT></DIV>
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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
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 04, 2005 =
9:33 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Papps redesign?</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only $15. Now taking =
orders.
Operators standing by! <grin></FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All in fun! (But it really does =
work
-- quite well, in fact.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV>
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