WORST mishap...

[Charly Tuner]

I have a feeling that I'm not the only one who has bumped, slammed, smashed, 
or otherwise made painful contact with our friend the piano. I'd like to 
hear from other techs who have stories of their WORST mishap involving their 
work with pianos...should prove immensely interesting!

TErry


>From: Larry J Messerly <prescottpiano@juno.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: elbow pain
>Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:13:26 -0700
>
>Another good reason to tune vertical pianos left handed.
>Larry the leftie who was able to learn to tune grands rightie.
>
>On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:46:17 +0100 Kristinn Leifsson
><istuner@islandia.is> writes:
> >
> > You´re American, why don´t you prosecute the piano maker?
> >
> > Or try tuning the last few notes in the treble with the tuning
> > hammer in
> > the 9.30 position.
> >
> > Maybe you just hit the brachial nerve, but then again you might have
> > a
> > humeral fracture.  What´s the range of possible motion, in degrees?
> >
> >
> > Kristinn Leifsson,
> > Reykjavík, Iceland
> >
> > P.S. Are there any piano tuners turned doctors out there or vice
> > versa
> >
> >
> > At 13:51 24.4.2000 PDT, you wrote:
> > >I must be accident prone! I keep banging my right elbow against the
> > right
> > >inside edge of verticals when I get to the high treble, and today I
> > bumped
> > >it so hard that I let out a wail that must've been heard for miles!
> > I keep
> > >trying to remind myself to SLOW down and be aware of the proximity
> > of my
> > >elbow to the edge of the piano, but i still manage to smack it at
> > least once
> > >a week. It feels like I may have fractured it this time. I think I
> > will
> > >start wearing an elbow pad!
> > >
> > >
> > >Terry Peterson
> > >Los Angeles, CA
> > >Associate Member, PTG
> > >
> >
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>
>Larry Messerly, RPT
>Phoenix/Prescott

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