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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Kevin,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you have your mute popping out on =
you, try
washing it using just soap and water. This will remove the light dust =
and patina
that builds up on the rubber and allow the mute to grab the string more
like it was when new.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This tip came to me from Bill
Swackhamer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ramsey@extremezone.com =
href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">Kevin E.
Ramsey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 30, 2002 =
9:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano tuner =
haters</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The one that comes =
most to my
mind when I think along these lines is the little Aeolian upright I =
had to
tune about three weeks ago. The plate was about 3mm behind the strings =
in the
top of the treble section. There is no way in heck to get a muting =
strip to
stay on those strings. Try it, and the first semi-hard blow pops 'em =
out. Not
enough clearance for a rubber mute either. Luckily, I had my Paps mute =
right
there, but without it, it's like "What? You don't want me to tune
it?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It's about that =
time that I
came up with my infamous quote about "There's a reason you don't see =
these
guys hanging around anywhere anymore."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A
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href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV>
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>Why would anyone design a beast like that?
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