Blue handled mute

John Fortiner jlfortiner@gmail.com
Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:08:16 -0700


I would assume that the "blue handled mute" is really the split black rubber
mute with the flat blued steel handle coming from the back of the mute.  I
have about 1/2 a dozen of them.

John Fortiner
Billings, MT.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Don [mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:19 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Upgrading.....

Hi Marshall,

A single mute with a cut in it to split it so there are two tips. 

I don't know what you mean by a mute with a long blue handle.

At 05:15 PM 2/12/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>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

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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