You sure can lessen the strain to fingers and wrists with a "bonker"- but we've already had the discussion about people bonking their pianos in practice rooms, etc........ Seriously, I probably don't do a harder test blow with my "bonker", but it does a tremendous amount to lessen the trauma to fingers, wrists, and even elbows. Leslie Bartlett M. Mus Houston Chapter PTG lesbart@juno.com On Wed, 12 Mar 1997 15:35:11 +0000 c_farinella@conknet.com writes: >In <970312140039_1284093116@emout01.mail.aol.com>, on 03/12/97 > at 02:01 PM, BobDavis88@aol.com said: > >>equals approximately 50,000,000 assaults on your tender little ears, >just >>from tuning. >>It's the same number, incidentally, on your tiny little fingertips. > >>Having already developed, I'm sure, good tuning lever technique which >>limits the number of hard blows you have to use, NOW will you visit >your >>audiologist > >Not to mention torn tendons in your elbows, nerve damage in you finger >tips, and chronic tendonitis in your hands. It's never too early to >start self preservation. :-) > >Charles Farinella, RPT >----------------------------------------------------------- >c_farinella@conknet.com >----------------------------------------------------------- > > >
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