Tunebidextrous part 2

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Thanks Dave. It is a pleasure to serve you.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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  From: Dave Bunch=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:59 PM
  Subject: Tunebidextrous part 2


  Hello all,

  About a year ago I wrote to the list asking for experiences with =
changing hands for tuning. This was a subject of great interest to me =
since I was having increasing problems with tendonitis type symptoms =
with my tuning (left) elbow. After seeing several doctors, an =
orthopedist told me that my pain was due to a tendon that was popping =
out of the groove in the bone when I bent my elbow. Apparantly it was an =
odd enough condition that he had to make up a name for it to put on my =
chart.

  So, in an effort to ease the stress on my elbow, I began to learn =
lever technique all over again with my right arm. Since grands didn't =
feel as awkward to tune right handed as did verticals, I started doing =
grands with the right and kept doing verticals with the left. It was =
slow going at first and very frustrating since I had high expectations =
for speed and results. I was surprised, however, that after several =
months I had better technique on grands using my right arm than I used =
to have with my left. I attributed this to two things.

  First, the standard type extension lever that I still use for =
verticals did not feel right on grands with the other arm. I bought one =
of Joe Goss's unique levers with the balloon shaped handle on the end. =
It feels great and I sense greater control with it. Also, the 1 to 2:00 =
position that feels more natural with the right hand seems to be more =
efficient for working the string through the friction points than did =
the 10 to 11:00 position I used left handed, since the string winds =
around the pin on the right side. For this same reason, the left hand =
still seems to work best for verticals. The best part is that I have now =
distributed the stresses of tuning over both sides of my body which has =
reduced the problems I had been having.

  Anyway, thanks to all who gave their input the first time around and =
to Joe Goss for his great lever and his patience with me when I wanted =
to try a different shaft (Yes, the hex is the best)

  Dave Bunch

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