muffler felt for grands

[Farrell]

"is so flaccid it will not remain effect for more than a few minutes.  If
you use something stiffer"

Oh, Newton, such an opportunity! Any suggestions?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: muffler felt for grands


> The reason this is not a common feature on grands is that
> the felt is so flaccid it will not remain effect for more
> than a few minutes.  If you use something stiffer it will be
> noisy.  I have seen buckskin used on fortepianos but doubt
> you can install a similar device because the hammers of a
> modern grand are so wide.
>
> Nearly impracticable if not impossible to make work.
>
> Newton
>