Jon writes: >I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous. Hmm. I must go away somewhere and figure this out. Actually though, folks, I've tuned with both arms (it's quite a sight) my whole career. Left on uprights. Right on grands. For years I tuned a mixed bag average of 6-8 instruments daily. For what it's worth to those with back problems, my chiropracter did not at first believe that I'd tuned for 30 years. He's dealt with piano tuners for years, and "you all have bad backs". I have none of the torsion and accompanying pain that many seem to suffer, and attribute a good deal of that to the (relative) balance between muscle groups as a result of trading off which arm I "use" when tuning. For those who are interested, I'd suggest just simply picking a piano with which you feel safe to experiment, and tuning with your "off" hand/arm. It may take a few trys to see if this is a technique which will for you. Good luck! Horace Horace Greeley Systems Analyst/Engineer Controller's Office Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 650.725.9062 fax: 650.725.8014
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