Back and (so) forth

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Alan,
Start lifting weights. No foolen it really helps, iffin you do not over do it,
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alan Barnard 
  To: Pianotech 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:03 PM
  Subject: Back and (so) forth



  When tuning big uprights, I have the option of sitting (where my arthritic shoulders get really sore) or standing (where my back starts barking at me from the kidney areas). I usually alternate positions to even out the pain. When standing, the "Extenda-Hand®" devices, i.e. homemade thumpers/wangers, do help but it's still an awkward lean-in.

  Has anyone tried using those back support wraps that are sold in drug stores, or the commercial "lifting belts" the guys and gals at Home Depot, for example, wear?

  I think tall tuners suffer more than others. O, Woe. Maybe I can become an avant garde poet, or use my rapier wit and become an on-guard poet, or more likely, get into the government's Witless Protection Program. On the other hand, SHORT people are generally the last to know it's raining and the first to drown. But that's another story. (Are flame suits necessary in the rain?)

  Okay, there was a serious question in the second paragraph. Thoughts?

  Alan Barnard
  Salem, Missouri

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