This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Wim, Knuckles towards the pins may be the best position to ease pain with the = traditional lever, but also less control of the tool. IMO I choose to use a nontraditional tool that allows me to tune from a = position of strength and control. Facing the bass, right handed, elbow pointed down, 20% head, #3 tip = (usually ) standing for tall uprights and seated for all others Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:07 PM Subject: [CAUT] hand and wrist position This is more or less related to the recent discussion about our hands = and wrists. We had a chapter meeting on Saturday at a Chiropractor's = office. He's been helping one of our members with aches and pains.=20 When tuning an upright, right handed, he told me that the best = position to tune is to sit at a 45 degree angle to the piano, which is = what I've been doing, but to hold my lever so that my hands are with the = knuckles towards the pins. I was taught to hold the lever with my hand = outstretched, with the thumb pointing down to the head, and my little = finger at the top of the lever.=20 I haven't had the chance to tune an upright yet, but do any of you = hold the lever the way the Chiropractor suggests? As far as a grand is concerned, we should hold the lever at then end, = with a ball. I've not been doing this either, but I know a lot of you = are. I'll get one, if there is one for sale, at the NCRC this weekend. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/bc/6d/17/44/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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