<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Marshall, John,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Strip muting can be done with nothing to poke the felt in but your fing= ers, except for the bass section occasionally.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Squeeze the felt together into a small loop with thumb and forefinger o= f your right hand, then guide it between the strings with the forefinger = of your left hand.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's probably hard to get a picture of it, but after a while, it become= s quite natural.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/13/2006 6:34:23 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pianotune05@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll give that a try John. I was using either a sc= rew driver small one, or the round end of a stick mute to put the strip in .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-L= EFT: #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>Fr= om:</B> <A title=mailto:john@formsmapiano.com href="mailto:john@formsmapiano.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:pianotech@p= tg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 13, 2006 8= :56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Blue handled mute</D= IV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Also great to insert strip mutes, or spread glue around.<BR><BR>John Formsma<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated title=mailto:Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid20a.125cdf31.312186aa@aol.com type="cite"> <META http-equiv=Context-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASC= II"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> It is not to be confused with the flat handled mutes with t= he blued steel handle, which work quite well.  After the rubber wear= s out, you can even use the handle to push a rag around in hard to clean= places under the strings near the tuning pins.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>