Mute Slider

[4kinga]

I was wondering if anyone has any of these for sale.  Or, has anyone created a CAD/maker file for 3D printing?

Or, if you have a mute slider, would you give me the dimensions?  I'll create the CAD file from there.

Thanks!

~Andy

[OZDOC]

A Mute Slider for what?

[Tim Hodges]

Presumably for a Clavinet.

VintageVibe have originals for sale.

[4kinga]

Yup, I forgot to verbalize the intended device.  A Clavinet D6 mute slider.

I checked VintageVibe's site and didn't see it.  I'll contact them.

Thanks!
~andy

[OZDOC]

Are you looking for the whole internal assembly or just the knob?

[Dzdpgtehu]

I made the model from pictures (I think dimensions are not 100% accurate), then printed it! But my mute bracket is crooked, so I made it custom for my clavinet (Will not work on other).
It's a pretty basic shape, not that hard to modelize.

If anybody can give me good dimensions, I could modelize a standard one !

The look is not really good, but better than nothing

[Alan Lenhoff]

A related issue I'm curious about: Does anyone actually use the mute on a Clavinet?  Maybe for quiet practice?  I can't say I've ever used mine, except to test whether it worked.

(That said, I can certainly relate to occasionally restoring features on vintage keys that I will never use. Don't ask me how much time and money I spent getting the percussion working on my Gibson G101 organ, when I really have little or no use for the percussion.  It just seemed like the right thing to do.) ;-)

Alan

[4kinga]

When playing in a live situation, I don't really use the mute.

When playing at home or recording, I do end up using it to a degree.

I guess this could also be akin to "why do we keep the Bass controller on the face plate of a Stage Rhodes"!

[Ben Bove]

Sometimes the mute about halfway down reduces the brashness of the Clav.  The full-mute position is maybe only for a muted guitar sound, but it really kills all the treble strings.  So I'd agree.