pitch lowering and strip muting

[Don]

Hi Dave,

Yes strip muting is faster once it is in...but if you add the time to put
it in then mute over mute or a single split mute is about 10 minutes faster
for me. Assuming that you use a vtd to tune. Obviously if a straight aural
tuner you would prefer a strip (at least a partial one)


At 10:47 PM 5/28/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-05-28 10:43:33 EDT, you write:
>
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> Rob,
> 
> I remember Dr. Sanderson talking about a one-third offset also, but it
> was regarding the difference in offset needed whether you strip-muted
> the entire piano or tuned all three strings as you go.  More offset is
> needed on a pitch change if you tune the middle string throughout and
> then go back and do unisons as you would in a tuning.  He recommended
> one-quarter offset when raising strings as you go, and one third for
> strip-muters. Personally, I think strip-muting for a pitch adjustment is
> a waste of time.>>
>
>If you are tuning the unisons as you go, strip muting is the fastest way to
>go.  Even in uprights, you can push the temperament strip with to pieces of
>sheet metal below the dampers.  I can pitch raise in about 15 minutes (1
>minute to strip mute), and usually close enough to pitch to fine tune.
Moving
>rubber mutes around can be a waste of time.
>
>My humble opinion of course.
>
>Dave Peake, RPT
>Portland, OR
>
>
Regards, Don