Hi Tom, A practice bar for silent running. The other mute may have little 'O' rings at the end of the strips that the hammers knocked against the strings to give a Banjo effect. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Dickson" <td_tuner@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:52 AM Subject: Re: 4 pedals > Thanks, John, > > I've heard of the thumbtach idea - never seen it, fortunately. > > So, then, is this oother bar I mentioned in tended to stop hammers hitting > the strings, or just reduce hammer impact, and thus volume? > > Tom > > > > >From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> > >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Subject: Re: 4 pedals > >Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:37:21 -0300 > > > >Hi Tom, > >The leather strips, were not a mute, but, gave it a Rinky-Tink effect. > >Term used in the Schaff Catalogue, they can still be purchased as an > >add on. > >Some people used to add thumb tacks to the hammers to give the same > >effect. Very detrimental to the hammers. > >Regards, > >John M. Ross > >Windsor, Nova Scotia. > >jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tom Dickson" <td_tuner@hotmail.com> > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:30 AM > >Subject: 4 pedals > > > > > >| Hi, All! > >| > >| I ran into something new to me, the other day. It was a 1905 > >Bell > >| upright with 4 pedals. > >| > >| The third pedal brings down a practice mute. But, it's strips of > >| leather, not the usual long piece of felt. The fourth pedal is set > >up so > >| that a stick attached to the action, just below the hammers, slides > >across > >| and towards the hammer shanks. There are thick strips of felt on > >the face > >| of this which the hammer shanks could hit. I'm assuming that when > >this > >| stick is properly regulated, someone could practise their fingering > >without > >| actually having the piano make any sound. > >| > >| Do you think that's right? > >| > >| Interesting instrument! > >| > >| Sincerely, > >| Tom Dickson, > >| Regina, SK > >| > >| > >| > >| > >| _________________________________________________________________ > >| MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > >| http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >| > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com >
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