Slipping Paps wedge

[Michael Gamble]

Hello Susan and List
Yes I too have had them break. It's because I tune a lot of pianos and 
shoving them in between rusty old strings tends to wear them away. I have 
sometimes cut off the old "waisting" and retrimmed the old Papps to the 
correct profile. The newer the Papps wedge the better they stay in situ when 
tuning. The older and more smooth-worn they get the more likely they are to 
pop out as you hit that note. So gently sand - or emery - that "waisting" 
until it's rougher and the wedge stays where it's put.
A new Papps wedge doesn't cost an arm and a leg and I hate it when they pop 
out at you.
Regards from windy Sussex-on-Sea.
Michael G.(UK)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: Slipping Paps wedge


> At 12:26 PM 7/2/2005 +0930, you wrote:
>>The thinnest is used from about A4 up and usually is the first to break.
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> Hi, Robin.
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> You've had Paps mutes break? After 26 years, I'm still using my original 
> two.
> Perhaps yours are differently made?
>
> Susan
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