AMEN! to Don's reply! ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory -------------------- --On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 12:46 PM -0600 Don <drose@dlcwest.com> wrote: > Hi Mary, > > It is possible to learn to tune without *excessive force*. My *time* for > that when I started breaking hammer shanks on brand new upgrights. > > At 12:30 PM 02/14/2000 -0600, you wrote: >>Dear List, >> >>I have a somewhat medical (though tuning-related) question for y'all. >>I am developing some pretty serious aches and pains in my left >>shoulder/arm/wrist. Also, tingling and numbness in my left fingers. I >>had a pretty bad pinched nerve in my neck throughout January (left >>side), but that has been helped tremendously by a physical therapist. >>Now this darn arm and wrist stuff flares up every time I tune a >>piano! I have switched to using a "bonker", instead of my fingers, >>for test blows. (The "bonker" is a piano hammer set in a short, >>papier-mache handle, that I can cradle in my left palm. It takes most >>of the impact of a test blow, though I still feel some shock in my >>wrist.) The bonker, plus some new stretches my physical therapist >>gave me, are helping the situation, but I am wondering if there is >>anything else I can do. Have other folks had experience with this >>problem? Any suggestions? Growing old is such a bitch, but >>considering the alternative, I guess I'm stuck! Thanks in advance... >> >>MarySmith@maill.utexas.edu >> >> > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > > drose@dlcwest.com > http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >
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