Horace, When would it be necessary and appropriate to use one mute? David Ilvedson ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Horace Greeley <hgreeley@stanford.edu> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 12:49:11 -0800 Subject: Re: one rubber mute >While I do not know the genesis of the technique, it was the one in use at >Steinway Hall in London for generations of tuners. At least up through the >late 1970s there were technicians there using it...some of them quite well >known at the time, including the fellow who tuned for Gerald Moore (among >many, many others) for several decades. >It is not my preferred technique, to be sure. However, it is like so many >other things, a tool to have in your kit, to be used as necessary and >appropriate...to be thought of as an expansion of one's abilities, not a >millstone to be quickly discarded. >Best. >Horace >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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