Temp Strips

[Joe & Penny Goss]

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Re: Temp Strips
Hi David,
My process is similar to yours. But I use two mutes and no temp strip.  =
On uprights one large fat one for the bass and a split rubber with =
spring steel handel for the tenor on up. To get into the area at the top =
of the dampers, the split muteis placed on a belt sander to make a =
smaller tip on the split mute.
On grands its the large single mute for all except the high treble. I =
know that this may be a little slower than strip muting the entire =
piano, but  getting the two outside wires to agree with each other=20
lets me get better unisons that stay where they are put.=20
"Any two strings slightly out of tune will sound out of tune, but three =
strings slightly out of tune will sound as one" Kimball Stout's theory =
of three.
However my last check is to listen to the unison as a whole with all =
three strings sounding.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: David Ilvedson=20
  To: caut@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:32 PM
  Subject: Re: Temp Strips


  I use two mutes and do tune the middle string first except at struts.  =
Right string mute moves up to next unison's right string.  Tune right =
string to middle.  Left string mute moves up to next unison's left =
string.  Tune left string to middle.  When in the treble on uprights =
with space problems with the dampers I do use one mute with left string =
first.

  David I.

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  On 7/27/01 at 10:32 PM David Graham wrote:
    Hi all- my variation on this was to snip the loop off a regular mute =
handle.. On one end is a 3/4 in mute, on the other is a 1/2 in mute, so =
I use it for both grands and uprights. It has the advantage of being =
long enough that it won't fall down through the upright action =
(usually).
    ---
    David Graham <dcgrpt@earthlink.net>


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    From: "Mike McCoy" <mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net>
    To: <ctuner@reyburn.com>
    Subject: Fw: Temp Strips
    Date: Thu, Jul 26, 2001, 7:49 PM





      Hi Bruce, Alan and other non-strippers!

          If you are using mutes only going from bottom to top or top to =
bottom do
      I assume you are not tuning the center string of a 3-string unison =
first?
      IE: you put a mute between the mid and 2nd string to mute them =
both then
      tune the left string, then complete the unison and move on?

      Thanks!
      Mike


      Mike McCoy RPT
      So Central Pa Chapter 170 & SEPA 190 PTG
      Langhorne, Pa
      Mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net <mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net>=20

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@icehouse.net =
<mailto:amccoy@icehouse.net> >
      To: "Cybertuner" <ctuner@reyburn.com <mailto:ctuner@reyburn.com> >
      Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:16 AM
      Subject: RE: Temp. strips.


      > Bruce,
      >
      > I chucked my strip a while ago and like it too. Except that on =
verticals I
      > still strip out the tenor. I find it easier to strip it out than =
to use a
      > mute, even though I still tune unisons as I go. There is =
something about
      > fiddling with a mute on a vertical in that section (with strings =
unevenly
      > spaced, older eyes and the ever-present klutz factor - mutes =
falling into
      > inaccessible places in the action and other mishaps  :-) ) A =
grand on the
      > other hand is easy for even me to use a single mute throughout =
the scale.
      >
      > Alan
      >
      > > -----Original Message-----
      > > From: Bruce Genck [mailto:brgenck@honeycomb.net =
<mailto:brgenck@honeycomb.net> ]
      > > Sent: July 25, 2001 6:24 PM
      > > To: ctuner@reyburn.com <mailto:ctuner@reyburn.com>=20
      > > Subject: Temp. strips.
      > >
      > >
      > > Carl & Mitch,
      > >
      > > I talked with you both at the convention about the use of =
temp. strips
      > > when tuning.  You advised me to
      > > throw them away and tune with a mute doing unisons as I go =
from the
      > > bottom all the way up.  Well, I've tried it again and like it =
alot.  My
      > > tunings are more stable, and it's taking me less time!
      > >
      > > I thought you might like to know that someone does actually =
listen to
      > > you :-)  I've now tried hundreds of pianos both ways and the =
difference
      > > is huge.
      > >
      > > Thanks for giving me a push.
      > >
      > > Bruce Genck
      > >
      >
      Mike McCoy RPT
      So Central Pa Chapter 170 & SEPA 190 PTG
      Langhorne, Pa
      Mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net <mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net>=20



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