Wow! I'll bet you could have saved the careers of the people I referred to earlier. They of course had had medical and physical therapist advice before they gave up their dreams. If only they had consulted with you. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/16/2003 at 4:54 PM Richard Brekne wrote: >David Love wrote: > >> Though I don't have a medical degree either, I can tell you that I do >have >> several pianists with repetitive stress type injuries, carpal tunnel and >> the like. All of them have stated that heavy actions exacerbate the >> problem and I have modified the touch weight on their pianos to reduce >the >> weight accordingly. >> >> David Love >> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net >> > >Well hey guys.. I hate to tell you this, but weight (as in too heavy) >hasnt >got zip diddly to do with it. In fact this wasnt a widespread problem for >typists until the advent of the light touch computer keyboard. > >If one has developed the problem, the solution is not one of adjusting >weight, >but one of getting proper advice as to how to work and stretch the muscles >and >other soft tissue involved, and how to recognize the signs of when its >time to >stop practicing and get up and take a break. > > > >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >UiB, Bergen, Norway >mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no >http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html >http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives **************** END MESSAGE FROM Richard Brekne ********************* _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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