[pianotech] tuning

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Marshall-

Excellent advice from Rob McCall. Learn about the glycemic index, and keep at it, learning to make better food choices. Get your family involved and learn new ways to eat.

Also, practice relaxed tuning, pausing often to "shake out" your body tension in whatever way works for you. It gets better as you get better over the years. Learn to work efficiently with an easy focus. Aim for three comfortable tunings in a day, and trust your body about more than that.

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Ed Sutton

-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com>
>Sent: Dec 6, 2011 12:36 AM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] tuning
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>Hi Marshall,
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>For me, I find that a selection of high protein, low carb, non-gluten stuff keeps my energy up all day.  Anything that converts quickly to glucose in your body is going to have a corresponding crash about 30-60 minutes after you eat it. I have a trail mix I custom make with raw almonds, walnuts, pecans, pine nuts, and 86% dark chocolate (low sugar). I will sometimes bring beef jerky or a small cooler with turkey or chicken in it with some broccoli or some other vegetable.
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>Last monday I had a 6 piano - 14 hour day, and when I got home I still had the energy to finish the accounting and do some chores.  The diet leaves me with a pretty steady energy level all day long.  
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>Hope that helps!
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>Regards,
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>Rob McCall
>
>McCall Piano Service, LLC
>www.mccallpiano.com
>Murrieta, CA
>951-698-1875
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>On Dec 05, 2011, at 15:42 , Marshall Gisondi wrote:
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>> Hi Everyone,
>> Today I went to tune 2 pianos, and once I finished the first, I ate one of those snack cracker things the litte ones with the peanutbutter or fake peanutbutter.  My energy left me quicker than that once I was involved with the second piano.   What do you guys do to increase your energy focus when you have a 2+ piano tuning job?  How do yo keep the focus and concentration going. I thought the snack would help. Almnds don't help either.  Is there any energy boosting things out there besides cafine of course I could eat in order to get through the tunings faster.  I was dragging today plus no focus or concentration at all.  Background noise at this church wasn't horrible but bothered me more today than usual.  so what do you guys do when this happens/
>> Marshall
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