I have used band aids, CA glue, and copious amounts of water. (Just made me have to go to the bath room more!) Finally hit on the hand cream solution. I carry a small container of noxzema in my pocket and apply it several times a day. It needs to be reapplied if I wash my hands. It is not greasy and really works. Ron Engle On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:10:27 -0600 "Barbara Richmond" <piano57 at insightbb.com> writes: > My favorite hand lotion is Aveeno--fragrance free and doesn't feel > greasy. > I carry a tube in my kit. Every year, before I think to use it, > there's a > place on my right thumb that splits to remind me I should've been > using the > lotion before this. I find putting some Neosporin on the crack and > placing > a band-aid on it for a couple of days & nights really, really > helps. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois > -11 wind chill this morning, yikes... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Berry" <ron at berrypiano.com> > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:48 AM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Disinfecting Keys > > > > There is a tape sold at drug stores called Transpore that is a > medical > > tape > > that breathes. You can put a bit of this over cracked fingers and > still > > play or > > tune. The only real solution to cracked fingers in the winter is > move to > > Florida. > > > > ron > > > > On 29 Jan 2007 at 14:37, Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > >> > >> > Blood on the keys!? Probably a colorful story behind that... > >> > > >> > Chris > >> > >> > >> Or not. The primary reason I carry masking tape in my tool kit > >> is for taping up split fingers. I use it for other things too, > >> but most of it goes on my digital appendages. The pianist may > >> just have the same brand of dry delaminating rhinoceros hide > >> fingertips I do. > >> Ron N > >> > > > > ---------------------- > > Ron Berry Piano Service > > Indianapolis, IN 46220 > > 317-255-8213 > > ron at berrypiano.com > > http://www.berrypiano.com > > > > > > >
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