<WBR>I am naturally right handed, except I throw a ball left handed. So when I started tuning, I naturally used my right hand. On grands with the treble side against a wall, I will tune with my left hand, although I still have better control if I put the hammer at 9 o'clock. <br> <br> Once I had a very bad sore right shoulder, and I tried to tune an upright left handed. I was able to get through it, but my left shoulder got so tired, I couldn't concentrate on the tuning.<br> <br> There are pros and cons for tuning uprights and grand left handed. Do what ever works for you. It seems like you're ambidextrous. That's a big plus in our industry. Keep it up.  <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: TJGRAVES <tjgraves@bsu.edu><br> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 8:05 am<br> Subject: [CAUT] Tuning with right hand vs. Left<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_1a6b267a-4899-43b7-a3c3-ad3f188de512 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>I'm a young tech. compared to many of you. I turn 31 tomorrow and have been a tech. for 10 years now. I'm a right handed person but when I tune Grands I've always used my left hand all the way through the treble and switch to my right in the bass. I've always have had good solid tunings doing it that way. For uprights I always use my left. I've always wondered since it works for me is there is a reason on why I should use my right hand for grands. -- Tony Graves RPT Piano Technician School of Music Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 (765) 285-0053 </TT></PRE></div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>