elbow shoulder pain

[Dave McKibben]

yeah........that was just for a picture.
I didnt figure a customer would pick up on my position.
I usually stand with my arm as parallel to the pin block as possible and my hip up against the key frame, without it affecting my back.
Thanks for your comment


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michelle Smith 
To: Pianotech List
Sent: 3/30/2006 8:39:05 AM 
Subject: Re: elbow shoulder pain


Dave,


This is coming from an extreme newbie so watch out!  I took a gander at your website and saw a picture of you tuning a tall upright from a sitting position.  Is this how you usually tune or was that just for the purposes of the photograph?  Just wondering if getting your arm in a more horizontal position would allow your back muscles to do some of the work.


Have a good one!


Michelle Smith
Student Tuner
Bastrop, Texas




On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:22 PM, Dave McKibben wrote:




Hello list:

I am rather new to piano tuning.  I have studied and practiced part time for about 2 years, and have tuned part time for the last year +.
As the tuning jobs increased in the last 6 months or so, and this is only 1-4 pianos a week, my elbow has become painfull to the point  that I cant move it doing anything without pain.
My question is for anyone who has had this pain and found a cure.  Can you share what you did, what you found, and how you fixed the problem??
It's rather disapointing to finally find something I REALLY like to do after 50 yrs of searching only to find my body can't deliver.
I'm right handed, thinking of practicing left handed, or going to an impact hammer.
Any thoughts from the healed happy tuners, if your out there??

DavesPianotuning at earthlink.net
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/
858-776-2516
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