Yes, Wim, I hear that the Brits consider the muting strip to be "training wheels." And of course I can tune a piano without it. It's just a habit that I'm used to. Susan tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > Susan > > Why use a temperament strip? Even if you don't use an ETD, you can > set a temperament without a strip. Use rubber or felt mutes and tune > unisons as you go. It takes a little getting used to, and it help if > you have enough mutes to do three of 4 notes, but it's very doable. > > Wim > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 8:45 am > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Leg injury > > 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 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 >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120923/bf26ca90/attachment-0001.htm>
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