<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dave,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This is coming from an extreme newbie so watch out! I took a gander at your website and saw a picture of you tuning a tall upright from a sitting position. Is this how you usually tune or was that just for the purposes of the photograph? Just wondering if getting your arm in a more horizontal position would allow your back muscles to do some of the work.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Have a good one!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Michelle Smith</DIV><DIV>Student Tuner</DIV><DIV>Bastrop, Texas</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:22 PM, Dave McKibben wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello list:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am rather new to piano tuning. I have studied and practiced part time for about 2 years, and have tuned part time for the last year +.</DIV> <DIV>As the tuning jobs increased in the last 6 months or so, and this is only 1-4 pianos a week, my elbow has become painfull to the point that I cant move it doing anything without pain.</DIV> <DIV>My question is for anyone who has had this pain and found a cure. Can you share what you did, what you found, and how you fixed the problem??</DIV> <DIV>It's rather disapointing to finally find something I REALLY like to do after 50 yrs of searching only to find my body can't deliver.</DIV> <DIV>I'm right handed, thinking of practicing left handed, or going to an impact hammer.</DIV> <DIV>Any thoughts from the healed happy tuners, if your out there??</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net">DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/">http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/</A></DIV> <DIV>858-776-2516</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>