[pianotech] Winter

[joel a. jones]

Al,

Out here in Wisconsin dairy country it's 'udder balm' for me.  Same 
glove number
over night makes those hands so you can milk  in the morning without 
pain -
and, for tuning too.

Joel
RPT
Madison, WI

On Dec 12, 2008, at 3:36 PM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft wrote:

> Ron, try this.
>  
> Before you go to sleep, apply Vaseline or Neutrogena Norwegian Formula 
> Hand Cream liberally to your hands and cover with a white cotton 
> surgical glove. Cover that with latex gloves and keep it on all night. 
> That will heal most dry hand problems.
>  
> Al Guecia
>  
>> From: Mark Potter
>> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 4:05 PM
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Winter
>>
>> Ron -
>>  
>> As a frequent sufferer, timely post, needless to say...
>>  
>> For splits - for which hand creams only mess up possible fixes - I 
>> have had good success with medium viscosity CA.  Slower than tape to 
>> apply, and I suppose fraught with danger (gluing the applicator hand 
>> to the wounded digit), but nearly invisible and pretty hearty when 
>> correctly applied.  I little dabble dooya.  A God-send when ya gotta 
>> play piano for a holiday program on someone else's pristine white 
>> keys when ya got fingers that look to have been attacked by a 
>> single-edge razor. Holds up to several washings.
>>  
>> Haven't tested it in raw hamburger yet, though.  I'm thinking I 
>> oughta keep some tape handy...
>>  
>> Mark Potter
>>
>> --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Ron Nossaman  <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:
>>> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
>>> Subject: [pianotech] Winter
>>> To: caut at ptg.org, "Pianotech" <Pianotech at ptg.org>
>>> Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 2:18 PM
>>>
>>> 'Tis the season for the reminder. Tired of leaving blood on
>>> the keys wherever you go from last month through March and beyond?
>>>
>>> Hand creams are for the most part a waste of time. If they
>>> work for you, it's because you don't have a real problem. They
>>> don't work for me, and feel creepy. So what does work? There
>>> are two kinds of people, those who don't believe this, and
>>> those who have tried it.
>>>
>>> Masking tape, the cheap garden variety stuff. Just tape,
>>> nothing else. Tape holds the split together, halting it's
>>> propagation immediately. It holds in blood well enough too,
>>> until the finger stops bleeding. Then it holds in the natural
>>> moisture of the skin, softening the edges of the split until
>>> it can heal up. It's also a good buffer, so you can go back to
>>> beating on those keys immediately after taping a new split,
>>> without discomfort. Change the tape when it looks too ratty,
>>> but leave some on for a couple of days. When you finally take
>>> it off, the finger is healed enough to abuse further without
>>> taking any unnecessary precautions with it. If you tape up
>>> abused fingers before starting, it will prevent the split in
>>> the first place, otherwise it's an after the fact fix that
>>> gets you back to work immediately.
>>>
>>> For occasional radical therapy, make hamburger patties.
>>> Nothing soothes hurt meat like dead meat. Rinse off afterward,
>>> but no soap. Let it soak in for a couple of hours as you
>>> digest your burger, and don't play with the ferret.
>>>
>>> Tip #2:
>>> Stepping out on an icy porch in nice warm shoes is a really
>>> good way to initiate a quick and memorable study in piano
>>> tuner ballistics. Stand there for a few seconds until the
>>> soles of your shoes chill down and it won't be nearly as
>>> slippery.
>>>
>>> We now return to our regularly scheduled whatever.
>>> Ron N
>>>
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