<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type = content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 50%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" = text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    If we are talking = verticals here and stripping the whole piano, I insert the strip above the dampers with = my hand and then use a tool to slip the inserted strip first between the damper = felt and the strings (carefully)  ,then move it again into the space =  below the damper heads and above the wooden part of the levers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The tool I use to do = this is the steel bar sold by Schaff as a false beat suppressor .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    There is certainly = nothing wrong with any method that works for this task, but this technique is = quick and easily learned</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=koko99@shaw.ca href="mailto:koko99@shaw.ca">Carl = Teplitski</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> Saturday, February 19, = 2005 1:27 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dumb Tuner moves = -/ lost tool</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>Tom  --   howinell do you reach in to = the treble section , and install those felts ??<BR>With your hand .  <BR><BR>Carl / = Winnipeg<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Tom Driscoll wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE = cite=mid002e01c5163a$d41cd220$6500a8c0@hsd1.ma.comcast.net type="cite"><PRE wrap=""> </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">At 07:10 2/18/2005, you = wrote: </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Carl wrote . . . </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">slim, wood handle screw = driver, which I use to insert the tuning felt. </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap="">You use a screwdriver to push = in the strip mute?? I've used a regular dinner knife, with tiny serrations for grip. It's strong, thin, and shiny . . nerver pulls the felt back out when moving </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap="">to </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">the next = .----------------- Jim Kinnear </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap="">You push a metal implement = towards a soundboard? For years I've used recycled upright stickers which I've sharpened. No chance of scratching and the bottom end can be used to massage down new strings. I think the Journal CD should have my drawing of same from the early = '80s. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap=""> Tools? What tools? I don' need no stinkin' tool ! Seriously , I was taught to insert the strip with out any tools. With a little practice it's really pretty easy and done with one = hand. FWIW, Tom Driscoll RPT </PRE><PRE wrap=""> _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>