WORST mishap...

[Kristinn Leifsson]

I just remember one thing, once when tuning a Bluthner grand.  There was a
very little spike protruding from the plate.  Just a tiny defect.  I didn´t
see it and accidentally bumped my finger in it.  It broke off and went in
close to the free edge of a nail.  That really hurt since this area is very
sensitive of course.
I took it out and then it started to bleed quite nicely, rich oxygenated
blood.

Kristinn Leifsson,
Reykjavík, Iceland

P.S. An acquaintance of mine was once putting a string into a piano and
somehow managed to get it through his finger sticking right in the
fingernail and through the other side.    


At 17:01 24.4.2000 PDT, you wrote:
>I have a feeling that I'm not the only one who has bumped, slammed, smashed, 
>or otherwise made painful contact with our friend the piano. I'd like to 
>hear from other techs who have stories of their WORST mishap involving their 
>work with pianos...should prove immensely interesting!
>
>TErry
>
>
>>From: Larry J Messerly <prescottpiano@juno.com>
>>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>>Subject: Re: elbow pain
>>Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:13:26 -0700
>>
>>Another good reason to tune vertical pianos left handed.
>>Larry the leftie who was able to learn to tune grands rightie.
>>
>>On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:46:17 +0100 Kristinn Leifsson
>><istuner@islandia.is> writes:
>> >
>> > You´re American, why don´t you prosecute the piano maker?
>> >
>> > Or try tuning the last few notes in the treble with the tuning
>> > hammer in
>> > the 9.30 position.
>> >
>> > Maybe you just hit the brachial nerve, but then again you might have
>> > a
>> > humeral fracture.  What´s the range of possible motion, in degrees?
>> >
>> >
>> > Kristinn Leifsson,
>> > Reykjavík, Iceland
>> >
>> > P.S. Are there any piano tuners turned doctors out there or vice
>> > versa
>> >
>> >
>> > At 13:51 24.4.2000 PDT, you wrote:
>> > >I must be accident prone! I keep banging my right elbow against the
>> > right
>> > >inside edge of verticals when I get to the high treble, and today I
>> > bumped
>> > >it so hard that I let out a wail that must've been heard for miles!
>> > I keep
>> > >trying to remind myself to SLOW down and be aware of the proximity
>> > of my
>> > >elbow to the edge of the piano, but i still manage to smack it at
>> > least once
>> > >a week. It feels like I may have fractured it this time. I think I
>> > will
>> > >start wearing an elbow pad!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Terry Peterson
>> > >Los Angeles, CA
>> > >Associate Member, PTG
>> > >
>> >
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>>Larry Messerly, RPT
>>Phoenix/Prescott
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