to mute or not to mute?

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? Steve
? I always use a strip mute made of green action cloth from Schaff.?I have 4 sections stictched together with hot glue in one continuous rope. Width about 1/2"The most worn and flexible piece? goes in the high treble and so on.? This is the best stuff for temperament strips I have found.? This stuff mutes well without stretching the outer most strings of the unison.? Which is one of the single muters objections. The theory is that a fat mute stretches the outside string & drops the pitch of the lower one. With my mute system I don't find this.? I can insert in about 30 seconds ...after raising the dampers off the strings! As I have said often...to each there own.? Many guys & friends use this method wih great success but for me.....I find the single mute method too exhausting
? As with many things in our world, it's important not?not swallow a camel while straing out the nats.Capische?
?I hate that.? Good post
? Dale










On Mar 20, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Steve Blasyak wrote:


Hey Now,
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First let me make clear I am not posting this for the sake of argument, just to continue the discussion. I have been following this thread with interest.?The idea of tuning unisons as you go I accept and practice. However I don't understand what using a temperament strip has to do with it? I tune unisons as I go, and have been doing so for a long time, yet I use a temperament strip. If that classifies me as a beginner by the standards of?my peers so be it. For example tune center string of middle C, pull felt, tune left string middle C, then tune right string of?B 3 and so on.?
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Now I understand the stability statements and agree. I just don't understand what difference it makes if you?use a felt strip of a rubber mute. On Grand's I can see the practicality of using the single mute system and if that is a preference of many I accept this. On uprights/consoles/spinets, I personally?don't see it as practical, but that's just me. I use a home made split mute by supper gluing two rubber mutes together slightly offset. I have one I use in grands and two I use for uprights.
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Another thought has come to mind while reading these various posts. What about those of us who tune aurally. Are you constantly changing the split mutes from one interval to another? Octaves fourths fifths and so on??What's the harm in strip muting two octaves to get your temperament set. Although this may be slightly off topic I ask because I am trying to learn aural tuning. Struggling but getting better, slowly.
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Steve Blasyak
Orange county Chapter
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