[pianotech] Advantages/Disadvantages of muting techniques

[Ryan Sowers]

I used strip mutes for the first 15 years of my tuning career, and have not
used them for the past 3 years. I would agree that the strips have their
charms. They seem to lower stress by creating the illusion of greater
clarity.

The problem is people don't the piano with strip mutes in. Listening to the
entire tone is a different experience then listening to only 1/3 or even 2/3
of the sound.



On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:01 PM, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> If you are fine tuning a piano, i.e. making a change of around 1 or 2
> cents, I don't think strip muting would be a problem...aurally.
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: PianoForteTechnologies <pianofortetechnology at saol.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 8/4/2009 8:55:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advantages/Disadvantages of muting techniques
>
>
> >Hello Ed and David
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> >Ed, I will try what you suggest and see how it works.
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> >David, If one had to be fine tuning, would the center string change that
> >much or at all?  Yes, if while I am pitch raising and tuning in one pass,
> >the center string will change.
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> >One makes judgements and tunes accordingly, I suppose.  It certainly will
> >not be a fine tuning but a tuning that most will accept, except concert
> >tuners and concert pianists.
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> >Is this why some tuners tune unisons as you go only, so you can hear the
> >change between intervals, once the unison (or couple) has been tuned and
> >adjust accordingly as you go?
>
> >You have made me think!?
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> >
>
> >Mark Davis
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> >
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> >
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-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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