<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>I always get a crink in my back when I tune. No positon is comfortable fo rme actually. I'm only 5'8" well almost, and when I sit there isn't a place to lean my arm, the block is too high on most uprights.  I did have to stand and tune a Straube upright a while back. It was as tall almost taller than I. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davespianotuning@earthlink.net href="mailto:davespianotuning@earthlink.net">Dave McKibben</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: elbow shoulder pain</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>yeah........that was just for a picture.</DIV> <DIV>I didnt figure a customer would pick up on my position.</DIV> <DIV>I usually stand with my arm as parallel to the pin block as possible and my hip up against the key frame, without it affecting my back.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks for your comment</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michelle@cdaustin.com href="mailto:michelle@cdaustin.com">Michelle Smith</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 3/30/2006 8:39:05 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: elbow shoulder pain</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>