This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment " I also like your idea of using pitch raises to get used to left-handed = work. I don't really have the time to try and fine-tune with my left = just yet.=20 Good news! -holly" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't know about you guys but we were taught to be ambidextrous from day = one. Left handed for uprights and right handed for grands. The main idea = is that it automatically compensates for tuning pin setting. When using = your left arm to tune an upright, the pin would tend to move upwards = (because you would be pushing up from underneath) and then settle back = down. If you used your right arm, you would tend to pull down on the = pin. Visa versa with grands. AF ----- Original Message -----=20 From: ilex cameron ross=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 2:44 PM Subject: RE: Impact Tuning Lever Thanks for sharing, Terry - this is really good to hear. I'm only in = my early 30s and due to a combination of tuning and a really really = stupid fall a couple of years ago, I have pretty consistent problems = with my tuning wrist. Not to mention the weekly chiro visits for just = general back and shoulder crap. Anymore I absolutely have to wear a = wrist brace when tuning, and I have been pondering the investment of an = impact lever. I also like your idea of using pitch raises to get used to = left-handed work. I don't really have the time to try and fine-tune with = my left just yet.=20 Good news! -holly -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On = Behalf Of Terry Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:54 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Impact Tuning Lever A while ago I posted questions regarding purchase of an impact = tuning lever. I've been using it for a few months now and just thought I = would report in. For a couple years now I have been rastling with some kind of = torn/strained muscle/tendon in my shoulder (thanks to a Boston studio & = a 1098 on the same day) and tendonitis in the elbow - both in my tuning = arm. It had gotten to the point where I had walked away from several = service appointments because I knew tuning that piano would put me out = of work for some weeks. I've been using the impact lever for pitch raises on all vertical = pianos unless they have very low-torque tuning pins. I use my trusty = Renner/Bowman lever for tuning verticals and everything on grands. I = pitch-raised Kimball and Baldwin consoles yesterday - both were raised = more than 100 cents - they both got two pitch-raise passes and then a = tuning pass. Both these pianos had excessively tight tuning pins - = easily around 200+ in-lbs. I used the impact lever for these four = pitch-raise passes and I have no arm pain today at all. The impact lever = seems to have saved me! I impact the bass with my left hand and the rest of the scale with = my right - I'm trying to train myself to become ambidextrous with the = impact lever - again, in case I wreck an arm at some point I could keep = tuning. I can see that it will take quite a bit of practice to become = good at fine tuning with the impact lever, but I think using it for all = vertical pitch raises will eventually get me to the point where I can = start attempting using the impact lever for fine tuning - I would like = to get to the point where I can use it for all vertical tuning. Bottom line: the impact lever has saved my arm, avoided = interruptions in income, and will likely extend my tuning career (unless = soundboard manufacturing can save me from the spinet devils!). I am very = happy I have started using this great tool! Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/35/67/40/8f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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