For me, it's the constant hitting of the keys that gets me, and the height of my 56" upright. As far as TURNING the hammer, that's not much of a problem, seeing as my pins are somewhat loose. :) --- Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net> wrote: > > ...I have tuned so many pianos....sigh.... > > and I still do not give up....! > > And he is still trying to do what he could when he > was 30 years younger. > > Do you think you will ever make it, André? > > Learn to drop your shoulders, use ear plugs to > reduce ear fatigue and occasionally > use a 125mm stick with hammer felt glued to the ends > to pound on the strings. less > hand and shoulder stress. > > Practice, practice and more practice. > > We all did piano shaped objects (PSOs) in our youth, > every one does, and has to, so > stop complaining and hurry up and get old. > > I am 61, tuning pianos for 35 years and getting > slower, and slower, and slower ... > > Newton Hunt > New Jersey, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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