This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment ------=_NextPart_001_0184_01C580F9.296ABC00 Hi all, Robin originally wrote, >If you look at a Papps wedge closely it would take some fine wood = working skills to duplicate one. Maybe one of our expert sound board = makers could make a few.=20 ... which was a challenge I couldn't well pass up! ;-) Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you my redesign of the Papps mute, = designed especially for grand piano usage (doesn't fall over, even on = the lowest trichords). It is precision crafted from the finest = hardwood, engineered to exacting specifications and sturdy enough to be = handed down through generations to come. Its simple, but elegant design enables the skilled artisan to clamp the = outer two strings of a trichord very quickly and with ease. The felt = pieces attached to the side press firmly against the adjacent strings, = damping against them with the same effectiveness as two rubber wedge = mutes inserted in the same positions. Only $15. Now taking orders. Operators standing by! <grin> Seriously, it takes only a minute or two to make one: Take it apart, = and weaken the spring a bit. File/sand down the wood on the inside tip, = tapering it to a broad point. With a small triangular file, file a = notch on each side. Reassemble. Glue felt to the sides. Of course as effective as this little beauty is, I think it's something = only an amateur can use, because the professionals have to *look*, er... = "professional." (I wonder if there's some way to dress it up so that = it doesn't look like a clothes pin (which it is NOT!!). Perhaps a piece = of unshrunk heat sink tubing around the tell-tale spring area? All in fun! (But it really does work -- quite well, in fact.) Peace, Sarah ------=_NextPart_001_0184_01C580F9.296ABC00 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/e5/28/95/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_0184_01C580F9.296ABC00-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 29958 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e5/f5/70/5c/attachment.jpe ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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