<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=562385201-03102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In the tenor section for uprights, it's better to put the mute felt above the hammer line. In the treble, I use Papp's mute until there are no dampers, I then sometimes use a mute felt strip but usually just keep going with the papp's. If you push the felt strip under the dampers in the treble you'll get bleeding. Some people pull the action back so they can insert the strip below the damper felts to do the middle strings and then remove it until the last damper and use a rubber mute to do the outside strings for that section.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=562385201-03102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=562385201-03102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=562385201-03102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid"> <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>Matthew Todd<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 2, 2004 8:32 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Muting<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>I hope you guys don't mind my elementary questions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I strip mute a vertical, I have been practicing pushing the felt down behind the dampers.  Is that bad for my practice?  Since I loose my damping effect, everything I play "bleeds" together, so I don't know if that is a hindrance to me hearing beats and doing my tests correctly.  What do you all think?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew</DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A href="http://vote.yahoo.com">vote.yahoo.com</A> - Register online to vote today! </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>