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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Joe,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>What catalogue, is the split rubber mute in, and
the number, please?</FONT></STRONG></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=imatunr@srvinet.com href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">Joe And Penny
Goss</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> Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Papp's Treble Mute</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The rubber split mute works on the same idea as
the Papp mute.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seldom shakes out, but when it does, washing the
dust off seems to solve the problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do however keep the split mute and a wide bass
mute tethered together as my aching back tends to complain a lot when I have
to get down under the key bed and look for a dislodged mute.
<O:((</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John
Ross</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> Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Papp's Treble Mute</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Am I the only one, having problems with the
product supplied over the last few years?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>My original, white plastic one, lasted
years.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have had 3 of the 'blue' ones.
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They are too soft, the hinge pins drop out,
they are too flexible, and jump out of the strings as you tune, and they
wear out too fast. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The wearing out, might have something to do
with older pianos, and the strings being contaminated ( mild surface
corrosion) and being more abrasive. Mind you, the older one lasted
longer, same pianos.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I am thinking, of adapting my old white one,
to take new tips that screw on.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia,
Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>