Tuning Stamina

[Stephen Airy]

For me, it's the constant hitting of the keys that
gets me, and the height of my 56" upright.  As far as
TURNING the hammer, that's not much of a problem,
seeing as my pins are somewhat loose. :)

--- Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net> wrote:
> > ...I have tuned so many pianos....sigh....
> >  and I still do not give up....!
> 
> And he is still trying to do what he could when he
> was 30 years younger.  
> 
> Do you think you will ever make it, André?
> 
> Learn to drop your shoulders, use ear plugs to
> reduce ear fatigue and occasionally
> use a 125mm stick with hammer felt glued to the ends
> to pound on the strings. less
> hand and shoulder stress.
> 
> Practice, practice and more practice.
> 
> We all did piano shaped objects (PSOs) in our youth,
> every one does, and has to, so
> stop complaining and hurry up and get old.
> 
> I am 61, tuning pianos for 35 years and getting
> slower, and slower, and slower ...
> 
> 		Newton Hunt
> 		New Jersey, USA


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