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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font =
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color:navy'>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That kind of light will cause pitch
changes if it’s close enough to the strings. Maybe an LED =
flashlight or
LED lamp you could wear on your head. Just from observation, it may be =
cooler
than an incandescent.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve never tried the gang =
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight=
:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org =
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of =
</span></b>pianotune05<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February =
11, 2006
10:12 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: =
Upgrading.....</span></font><font
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style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Hi JOhn,</span></font><font
color=black><span =
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Well hopefully, I'm =
practicing good
habits, but I need to figure out where i'm losing time and change =
that.
One thing is muting. I'm going to look in my schaff catelog and =
see if
there's any kind of light, trouble light, type of thing i can clamp on =
the lid
of a grand or put on an upright so I can really see the strings when I'm =
muting
them. On grands, the three string unisons are a little close together in =
the
trebble section. Have you ever had any experience with a gang mute =
from
Schaff? They're pretty cool looking, a long rubber mute with =
wedges on
it, about 13 I beleive. </span></font><font color=black><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>I think my joining the PTg =
will be a
marriage made in heaven. I can't wait until I go tothat first
meeting. </span></font><font color=black><span =
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