Strip muting methods

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hey Terry,

I know a guy who strip-mutes all the piano.  He puts the strip in and
presses it down below the dampers with a special "straight thing" so they
don´t get in the way.  He claims it to very efficient.  You might even be
able to get it past the dampers by just pressing the pedal and manuevering
it down.  Could be done.


Kristinn Leifsson
Reykjavík, Iceland








At 16:04 15.2.2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I visited Radio Shack with hopes of findinf a "ready made" swithch that
would work for my SAT, but no luck...gotta "do-it-yourself" with solder and
wires and stuff...in the words of Former President Bush: "NA GANNA DO IT!"
So, I guess I'll just order a foot switch from Sanderson. 
>
>Ok...now about strip muting. I know there are lots of methods out there,
but I am trying to improve my speed and efficiency in the process. I get
hung up when on the way back down, the hi treble dampers get in the way of
the mute strip as i pull it little by little to tune each outside
string...so I usually just take it out completely in this area, (being
careful, having pushed the felt down between the dampers and the strings)
and use a wedge, although it's more time consuming. I'd be interested in
hearing any time saving tips on strip muting, (I know techniques were
discussed in a recent thread) and I usually do not strip out the bichord
unisons; I still get a bit confused when I try strip muting them, and it
slows me down too much. .I tune these using a felt wedge...it goes pretty
fast.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Terry Peterson
>
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