TALL tuner help

[Farrell]

Gee. I am six-foot even. I tune all pianos from a sitting position. No
troubles. I do stand on the side of a tall upright (52" and taller) for the
undampered treble area. But I sit for everything else. Except for some
grands on a church stage that have their treble ends RIGHT at the edge -
then I stand on the step below! I should think that you tuning an upright
from a sitting position would be akin to the average Joe/Josephine sitting
and tuning a studio size. Maybe it is something besides just the height???

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doepke Family" <doepke@fwi.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:32 PM
Subject: TALL tuner help


> Being a tall tuner, over 6'5", I often develop arm muscle strains when
> sitting to tune a tall upright..but when I stand to change my body
position
> and relieve some of the discomfort, the keyboard is too far away for me to
> stand tall and check tuning.  I have to stoop a little to reach the
> keys..then there is back strain that develops.  My mentor has told me "If
it
> hurts, don't do it."  Makes sense to me!!
>
> Has anyone else out there in cyber-tuner-world had a similar problems?
>
> I have thought of holding a dowel in my left hand when I stand to extend
my
> reach to the keys and play the notes that way. ( I am right -handed )  Is
> this a good idea?  Do any of you other "tree-top tuners" have a similar
> problem?  How did you solve it?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian P. Doepke
>