Upgrading.....

[pianotune05]

Hi Don,
When you say split mute, do you mean the mute with the long blue handle?  I 
have two of those.  They can be a pain to put in the right place also?  How 
do you mute the right and left string if you're using just one mute?  Do you 
use the Virgil Smith method with the unisons?  I use that when I get in a 
jam and a mute won't work.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: Upgrading.....


> Hi Marshall,
>
> Strip muting the entire piano takes longer than using just two mutes
> outside of the temperament area. Even faster than two mutes is a single
> "split mute" or "double mute". This will also contribute to stability as
> unisons are done "as you go". The total saving in time per tuning amounts
> to between 20 and 40 minutes.
>
> If one must strip mute--use two strips and alternate between them.
>
> The problem with the gang mute is getting *all* those fingers in the right
> places--far more problematic than a temperament strip.
>
> At 12:36 PM 2/12/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>>HI DOn,
>>Are those little gang mutes a time waster?  I'm trying to think of ways to
>>speed up.  One that works well for me is this. When I"m finished with the
>>center strings, I start at the trebble and pull the temp strip out and do
>>the right stinrg. Then I either go back up or start at the end and do the
>>left string.  I notice after I tune a piano the trebble sounds brilliant
>>with a nice ring to it.  I think that's pretty cool  actually starting 
>>out.
>>Marshall
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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