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<DIV>Hi, As in diving, never hit the bottom of the pool. </DIV>
<DIV>Also use different fingers, group fingers, the other hand for the =
pound and
sustain with the striking hand. </DIV>
<DIV>Anything to ease the over stress of the digit or digits most often
used.</DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 02, =
2005 1:31
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] hands & =
wrists</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 11/2/2005 2:06:49 PM Central Standard Time, <A =
href="mailto:WIGENTD@MAIL.ECU.EDU">WIGENTD@MAIL.ECU.EDU</A> =
writes:</DIV>
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solid"><FONT
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size=2>This
is Don Wigent at East Carolina U and I have found that If you =
try<BR>not to
hold the keys down so hard while you are tuning it reduces
the<BR>tention.<BR>Don Wigent <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>A technique Virgil Smith taught me a long time ago was to stroke =
the key
as if the key bottoms out at the top of the key, instead of at the end =
of the
key 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></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>