elbow pain

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/24/00 4:06:25 PM Central Daylight Time, 
charly_tuner@hotmail.com writes:

<< 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,  >>


This means you are not holding the hammer right. If you are a right handed 
tuner, the hammer should be held at the 1 o'clock position, or as close to 
that position as possible. If you are tall enough to sit at the piano, sit at 
an angle, so that your right side is up against the piano. If you are 
shorter, and you need to stand, again, stand sideways so that your right side 
is against the piano. If you hold the hammer at the 1 o'clock position, with 
the thumb down towards the pins, and your fingers wrapped around the lever, 
you will never hit your elbow against the side of the piano. 

Willem