Hi, David Can't reach far enough sitting down -- I put it well behind the dampers. Doesn't seem important enough to carry a stick just for that. By putting the muting strip in well away from the agraffe end, I can get it in without pinching the felt. Susan David Skolnik wrote: > > At 02:45 PM 9/23/2012, Susan Kline wrote: >> I used to stand on my bent left leg so I could reach the right grand >> pedal, >> and raise the dampers while I put in my muting strip. Can't do that >> anymore, >> so I just put it in very carefully, standing on two legs. > > > Hey Susan - > Sorry to hear about pain, but it seems you could come up with a > work-around... > - sit down while stepping on pedal and inserting strip mute? > - stick with one end forked and leather or rubber on the other, cut to > length (from pedal to underside of keybed) to hold down sustain pedal > while you insert strip mute. > > I must be missing something. > > David Skolnik > > At 02:45 PM 9/23/2012, you wrote: >> I'm sorry to hear about this, Rick. >> >> I have a very slightly similar situation, since I have fibromyalgia and >> arthritis in my left knee. >> >> One can compensate for a lot of things, but of course activities like >> piano-moving >> (as opposed to moving a piano around a stage, which I do) are out of the >> question. >> >> I used to stand on my bent left leg so I could reach the right grand >> pedal, >> and raise the dampers while I put in my muting strip. Can't do that >> anymore, >> so I just put it in very carefully, standing on two legs. >> >> I use knee pads if I have to go down on the floor to work on pedals. >> They >> help a tremendous amount. By the way, my arthritic knee started >> because of >> tight inner quadriceps, so maybe knee pads might help you also. I use >> some from >> a gardening place, with wide velcro straps to keep them on. They just >> live >> in the car. >> >> For tall uprights, I have to stay sitting down as much as I can despite >> the fatigue of reaching upwards. Then I'll spend ten or fifteen >> minutes standing, >> but take frequent breaks. >> >> And I gave up tuning squares a long time ago, because of the hours of >> leaning over. >> >> Keeping the number of tunings a day down till you're sure you're back up >> to strength is probably a wise tactic. >> >> I've heard that exercising the GOOD leg has a strange effect, speeding >> healing on the injured one. Also that cold treatment helps and reduces >> pain. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Susan Kline >> >> richarducci at comcast.net <mailto:richarducci at comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> List, >>> In 2010 I injured my left leg. Complete tear of quadriceps tendon. >>> >>> Surgery, eight weeks of complete immobility, and ten weeks pt. >>> >>> Given the nature of our business , and the physical requirements , how >>> would you say this type of injury would effect your ability to perform? >>> >>> Rick Ucci >>> Uccipiano.com >>> 609-677-0444 >>> >>> >>> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120923/8288539c/attachment.htm>
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