In a message dated 02/05/2001 11:16:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: << I made myself a key whacker a month or two ago after I developed some tendonitis in my left arm (key whacking arm for tuning). I took two grand bass hammers (Yamaha) and epoxied them together end-to-end. Seems to work great. Gotta watch how hard you hit some keys though. Anyone else use such an apparatus or something similar like a padded dowel or such? Did the sore arm thing go away? What has been anyone else's experience? I have pictures is anyone is interested. Terry Farrell >> Hi Terry, I was developing some pain too. Went to using a key pounder and no more pain. My pounder is a 4" lenght of 1&1/4" diameter brass rod with a bass hammer epoxied into one end. This thing has some weight to it and does all the work, I just drop it on the keys. It also has some handle bar tape around it. It seems since I started using this that my tuning stability has gone up a notch. Doug Mahard
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