[pianotech] Advantages/Disadvantages of muting techniques

[Ed Sutton]

Good comments.
On verticals I like using a Pape's mute above the treble break dampers.
It took a while to figure it out.
ES
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Formsma 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:45 AM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advantages/Disadvantages of muting techniques




  Regarding the broader topic of whether 'tis nobler to use two mutes or strip mutes, I find it:
    a.. the best muting with felt wedge mutes. (any strip I've used heretofore has at least some noticeable bleed-through. We get used to working around it. Seems like there is much less of that with the big felt wedge mutes.) 
    b.. most accurate to use wedge mutes, but less speedy
    c.. most speedy to use a strip to set the temperament (although I sometimes use just wedge mutes and tune unisons as I go)
    d.. the best blend of speed and accuracy to use a strip mute everywhere, but tune unisons as I go. It's faster to pull out the strip one unison at a time than to move mutes around. 
    e.. particularly in verticals it's helpful to use a strip mute in the treble to avoid having to move mutes around the dampers. I actually use two strips in the treble this way: Tune the middle strings of an octave, pull one strip out from that octave, then bring in the unisons moving by whole steps up then back down. Verify they are where I want them, then pull out the other strip from that octave. Repeat that process all the way up to the top, working with about an octave at a time. 
  FWIW,

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  JF
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