Hello Ric, Vladan. Nice informative post. I switch immediately to felt mutes. Thanks. Stéphane Collin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "V T" <pianovt@yahoo.com> To: <Pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 12:14 AM Subject: Tuning Wedges > > There is another benefit too: the rubber mutes have > quite a bit of thermal mass. If there is a > temperature differnce between the mute and the > strings, the heat exchange will detune the string > temporarily. Here is an experiment. Hold the rubber > mute in your hands for a minute so it warms up a > little. Using an ETD measure the pitch of a string. > Then, mute the string for about 15-30 seconds and > remove the mute. Remeasure. > > In fact, just lightly blowing over the strings will > show very measurable pitch changes. > > Vladan > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Sports > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football > http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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