Hi all, I'm recovering today from my latest tuning marathon, and thought while the experience was still fresh in my mind I'd pass along a few tips... 1. Hydrate - Before, during and after, along with your anti-inflamitory of choice. Your body WILL be taking extra abuse, do what you can to help your recovery. All that extra water will make you take extra breaks, too! 2. Earplugs - As important as these are day-to-day, when you are pushing double digits, you really need to limit the sound pressure to maintain any sense of hearing! 3. Multiple tuning styles - I never learned to tune lefty, each time I take on one of these days, I remind myself I really should.... I do carry three different levers (short, impact, extension) to help alter the stresses to the old body. 4. Keep moving - this is where you "pick your battles" and don't get bogged down with the picky stuff on the first pass. Use a quick second pass to try and get everything settled. 5. Stretch - You will be immoble a lot, use a couple of minutes between pianos to get the blood flowing again. Probably the best idea would be to get someone else to help, and not try and do it all myself! Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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