<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         I dont know exactly, I only know it takes more strength to play a grand, more effort. I can feel the fatigue or tension in my forearms after playing a grand a while. I think I need to build up to it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/28/2006 10:01:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, pianotuna@accesscomm.ca writes:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hi Julia,<BR><BR>I suspect your difficulty playing grands has more to do with being used to<BR>lifting your fingers right off the keys (in order to get repetition on<BR>uprights most pianists do this).<BR>Regards,<BR>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<BR>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat<BR><BR>mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com    http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/<BR><BR>3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7<BR>306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>