<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>"a medium blow, which will never hurt your hands or fingers"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I hit keys firmly, not terribly hard. Using a computer mouse can = give one carpel tunnel syndrome. You don't need to hit something hard to hurt = yourself. Frequent, repeated motion can do it - like maybe 2,500 times a = day!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Again, some folks can do this or something else 2,500 times a day = full time for 58 years and have happy fingers and arms. I have done it for just a = couple and I feel it big time. I may be doing something wrong. I don't think it = is hitting the keys to hard. Stuff happens to some and not to others. Count = your blessings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:lokman@ix.netcom.com" = title=lokman@ix.netcom.com>Bill Peterson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 11, 2001 = 7:25 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Whacking</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really do not know why anyone = whacks on piano keys.  If you learn to set a pin, you can use a medium blow, = which will never hurt your hands or fingers.  I remember going to tuning = classes with the big names at the state conventions and never hearing about = blows hard enough to be harmful.  I think that extremely hard and fast = whacking is only used to impress yourself.  I do not want my piano roughed up = in that manner.  I do know several tuners that never use hard blows, and = they do excellent stable tunings.  Unfortunately one of them is = dead.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill Peterson, associate South Bay Chapter</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>