This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Marshall, you wrote: =20 Hi John, If you put the papas mute between the hammer shank, how do you move it = on up the piano as you're going from note t o note ? The hammer shanks = get in the way . Marshall The instructions I wrote say in step a:=20 a. To tune the left string of the 3-string unison, insert from under the = hammers, between the shanks, about 4 or 5 notes to the right of your = target. (this allows you to keep it right there for the next 3 or 4 = notes). Rest the mute there on the hammer rail. The key there is to go 4 or 5 notes to the right when you initially = insert the mute between shanks. You DON'T remove it from between the = hammer shanks when you change notes. You leave it there and slip it out = from one place and into the next until you need more room again. You = can usually do 3 or 4 notes (9 to 12 strings) this way. The mute is at = a progressively less acute angle as you move up the keyboard until you = re-position. You also asked about the split rubber mute. Mine has a spring steel = handle something like a soundboard steel. It's #204 in the Schaff = catalog, page 33 in my catalog. (Describes it as having "Blue = steelhandle" sic) The Papp's mute is Schaff #207, same page. You also asked me about difficulties inserting the split rubber mute. I = said I had none. Yesterday I noticed that it IS a bit floppy, but it = never bothers or annoys or frustrates me, yet I could imagine that it = might bother a sight-challenged person. Then I remembered a tip I heard = about that: PAINT one of the parts of it (either one) white so you see = the contrast easier. I've just gotten used to how long the split = extends past one side and I can place it rather easily, even with my = suspect eyesight. (Yes, I'm sure it's nowhere near as bad as yours) Anyway, both of these mutes are very fast in use and I'm sure they can = help you increase your speed if you learn how to manage them. Hope this helps. John Dorr Helena, MT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cb/ee/b4/a7/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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