felt mutes -- was RE: Working while tuning

[John Formsma]

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Thanks, Terry.

 

I've never used a felt wedge except once when I tried it in the bass. It
kept falling out, so I didn't use it again. I like to strip mute the
bass.for speed. Actually, my MO for verticals is to strip the entire piano,
but tune unisons as I go, pulling out the felt when moving to the next
string set.  It's quite a bit faster than moving mutes. Grands are sometimes
done this way, but the action cloth I use for verticals is not quite thick
enough for some grands, so most of the time I use the large rubber wedges
(w/o the wire.)  I wouldn't think the narrow rubber mutes would do that well
in a grand, although you can make anything work if you want to. :-)

 

John Formsma

 

From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:41 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: felt mutes -- was RE: Working while tuning

 

Whereas I've never tried a large rubber wedge, I have tried the regular
rubber mutes in the past that I use on uprights. On grands, I find that the
felt mutes are easier to insert, are very stable (stay where you put them),
and mute exceptionally well. You can also place them fairly loosely in place
and still mute well - I always wondered how jamming those rubber mutes in
between strings might be affecting the pitch of a string that was already
tuned.

 

They just seem to work better to me.

 

And besides, they don't make that screeching noise that a rubber mute can
sometimes make!

 

Terry Farrell


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