Problem with Rubber Mutes Falling in Upright Piano

[John Ross]

I like the Papps Mute for the treble.
There are narrower rubber ones.
I use an eye screwed into the two sizes of mute, then tie them together with a shoelace or piece of string, so that they can't fall down into the piano, without a way of retrieving.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Finley 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:28 AM
  Subject: Problem with Rubber Mutes Falling in Upright Piano


  I have had problems with rubber wedge mutes falling down into an upright piano. In some places it is difficult to find the best position to place the mutes, especially in the higher treble because the strings are so short and there is so little room. When the mute falls down it sometimes dislodges the hammer butt springs and I have to re-position them on the hammer butts with a damper regulating tool. What would you recommend I do to stop this happening? Thank you very much. 

  Robert Finley
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