Tendonitis (Was Re: Foredom hammer beltsander)

Barbara E. Richmond brichmon@e-tex.com
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 12:11:01 -0600 (CST)


At 09:14 AM 3/14/96 -0700, you wrote:

>The tendonitis doesn't bother me when I'm tuning (oddly!) unless I use
>extremely hard test blows--which I've been moving away from.  I'm in the
>process of moving from apartment to new house and carrying all of those
>heavy boxes down several flights of stairs is more likely the culprit.
>Unforunately, filing hammers (left-handed) also tends to aggrevate the
>problem.

Ron, I'm no doctor, but try seeing one.  I thought I had tendonitis at one
time and found out what I really had was a pinched nerve.

>A note regarding the mini-belt sander we have:  I noticed considerable
>play in the wheel with flanges on both ends.  I wonder if this play could
>be the problem. Anyone have any idea what the lifespan of this particular
>tool is?  Maybe we've worn it out....

Have you called Pianotek? (if that's where you purchased it)


Barbara Richmond, RPT
Palestine, Texas




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