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<DIV>In a message dated 11/2/2005 2:06:49 PM Central Standard Time,
WIGENTD@MAIL.ECU.EDU writes:</DIV>
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=2>This is
Don Wigent at East Carolina U and I have found that If you try<BR>not to h=
old
the keys down so hard while you are tuning it reduces the<BR>tention.<BR>D=
on
Wigent <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>A technique Virgil Smith taught me a long time ago was to stroke the ke=
y as
if the key bottoms out at the top of the key, instead of at the end of the k=
ey
dip, and let momentum take it down to the bottom. That reduces the pounding =
on
the finger joints.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>