<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=595472321-05112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" = color=#0000ff size=2>Now, Joe, you should know better than this. He's not a = cheapskate and does it this way because there's a great strength in building unison = stability as you go. And it could be that the practice of "shimming" -- about = which we have to hear more -- would be very, very useful to everyone in the last = stages of tuning, whether or not we tune all unisons as we go. He's = not being a fanatic, not trying to convert others, not being abusive. He's = describing a TOOL. For me, it's emphatically NOT "enough already." I'm still = skeptical, but I do strongly suspect there's real value in this = discussion.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe Garrett<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 05, 2004 12:33 = PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: one rubber mute<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sheesh! This is an archaic technique = that should be put out of it's misery! Enough already! Please?????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just BUY some more mutes Mr. Cheapskate!<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>