What to do for sore wrists and arms.

[Farrell]

Up until a year or so ago I was battling tendonitis and a couple of other 
pulled this and that in my tuning arm. A pitch raise on a piano with tight 
pins would really set it off - it got to the point where I was walking away 
from S&S & Baldwin uprights. And then I bought, and started using, an impact 
tuning lever. I still use my fancy Renner tuning lever for all tuning, but 
for pitch raises on tight pianos, I use the impact lever. No more pain.

Terry Farrell

> Vinny,
> You may be starting to get tendonitis.  I had sore wrists at times and was
> able to control it by using a wrist brace sold at Wallmart for weight
> lifting and tennis.  These things are helped by an application of liniment
> or Aspercreme before you tackle a tough piano as well as afterwards.
> Relaxing helps also.  I used to get down on the floor and "check" the
> pedals and soundboard a lot and hope the customer wouldn't catch me with 
> my
> eyes closed. :-)
> Warren