[pianotech] Fibromyalgia? That's no excuse!

[Susan Kline]

Hi, David

Can't reach far enough sitting down -- I put it well behind the
dampers. Doesn't seem important enough to carry a stick just for
that. By putting the muting strip in well away from the agraffe
end, I can get it in without pinching the felt.

Susan

David Skolnik wrote:
>
> At 02:45 PM 9/23/2012, Susan Kline wrote:
>> I used to stand on my bent left leg so I could reach the right grand 
>> pedal,
>> and raise the dampers while I put in my muting strip. Can't do that 
>> anymore,
>> so I just put it in very carefully, standing on two legs. 
>
>
> Hey Susan -
> Sorry to hear about pain, but it seems you could come up with a 
> work-around...
> - sit down while stepping on pedal and inserting strip mute?
> - stick with one end forked and leather or rubber on the other, cut to 
> length (from pedal to underside of keybed) to hold down sustain pedal 
> while you insert strip mute.
>
> I must be missing something.
>
> David Skolnik
>
> At 02:45 PM 9/23/2012, you wrote:
>> I'm sorry to hear about this, Rick.
>>
>> I have a very slightly similar situation, since I have fibromyalgia and
>> arthritis in my left knee.
>>
>> One can compensate for a lot of things, but of course activities like 
>> piano-moving
>> (as opposed to moving a piano around a stage, which I do) are out of the
>> question.
>>
>> I used to stand on my bent left leg so I could reach the right grand 
>> pedal,
>> and raise the dampers while I put in my muting strip. Can't do that 
>> anymore,
>> so I just put it in very carefully, standing on two legs.
>>
>> I use knee pads if I have to go down on the floor to work on pedals. 
>> They
>> help a tremendous amount. By the way, my arthritic knee started 
>> because of
>> tight inner quadriceps, so maybe knee pads might help you also. I use 
>> some from
>> a gardening place, with wide velcro straps to keep them on. They just 
>> live
>> in the car.
>>
>> For tall uprights, I have to stay sitting down as much as I can despite
>> the fatigue of reaching upwards. Then I'll spend ten or fifteen 
>> minutes standing,
>> but take frequent breaks.
>>
>> And I gave up tuning squares a long time ago, because of the hours of
>> leaning over.
>>
>> Keeping the number of tunings a day down till you're sure you're back up
>> to strength is probably a wise tactic.
>>
>> I've heard that exercising the GOOD leg has a strange effect, speeding
>> healing on the injured one. Also that cold treatment helps and reduces
>> pain.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Susan Kline
>>
>> richarducci at comcast.net <mailto:richarducci at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> List,
>>> In 2010 I injured my left leg. Complete tear of quadriceps tendon.
>>>
>>> Surgery, eight weeks of complete immobility, and ten weeks pt. 
>>>
>>> Given the nature of our business , and the physical requirements , how
>>> would you say this type of injury would effect your ability to perform?
>>>
>>> Rick Ucci
>>> Uccipiano.com
>>> 609-677-0444
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>
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