mutes

[John Ross]

I am surprised that your strip mute doesn't burn, at that speed. :-)
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Formsma 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:55 PM
  Subject: Re: mutes


  It only takes me 1 to 1.5 minutes to strip mute a piano, sometimes 30 sec longer on verticals since you have to get the mute behind the dampers. And sometimes longer because of being tired or not focused.

  Time-wise, you save a lot not having to move mutes around. Plus, if you double strip, you can tune by whole tones moving up, then down a section (tuning unisons, that is). 

  JF


  On 2/27/07, RicB <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:
    Hi Allen

    Actually,  uprights is what I started using just rubber mutes on.
    Getting the strip on was always just a pain in the patootey and it just
    didnt seem to be worth the time to dig the thing out of my bag, put it 
    in, do the temperament and whip it off again.  Once in a while a rubber
    mute slips and I have to dig it out of the damper levers... but you get
    used to avoiding that.

    I remember years ago going into a music store in the north Seattle area 
    called Prossers (I think thats how its spelled) I watched this guy strip
    mute the entire piano... took him ten minutes all in all.  I just didnt
    ( and still dont) get the point. Seems counter productive to me.  But, 
    different strokes. In the end if you get good results its not so
    important I guess.

    Cheers
    RicB


        Ric,

        I'm curious, do you use the same method on uprights as well? I don't
        use strips on grands, but prefer to on uprights, because I don't like
        dealing with the gravity issues (mutes falling out or drooping down
        onto the dampers, etc.).

        Allen Wright



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