<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> Hi,<div><br></div><div>No real thoughts but a comment:  I am trying a taller lever tip and tuning at 5 to 6 o clock over the stretcher.  It is a challenge right now and I know it will get better but I do feel less pain in my right shoulder blade and shoulder when I can do it.  I guess really I am working very hard to be as ergonomically sound as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Steven Hopp  RPT</div><div>PianoWorks Studio</div><div>Midland TX  79705<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:13:31 -0500<br>> From: jim@grandpianosolutions.com<br>> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>> Subject: [pianotech] tuning grands left handed<br>> <br>> Hey Will and whomevers,<br>> <br>> I gave my left hand another shot the other day on a nice grand. Now I <br>> remember another reason why I abandoned it... lever at 10:00 oclock on a <br>> grand, drop pitch, then smooth push to target works very nice, but then <br>> as the pin eases itself back from the push, it pulls the speaking length <br>> a bit sharp. I remember now, I was having trouble countering this <br>> sharpen-ing tendency. It lead me to abandon my dominant hand on grands.<br>> <br>> Any thoughts.<br>> <br>> My preferred right handed position is 2 or 3 oclock (grand). To be fair, <br>> in this position the apparent pitch often rises (sometimes <br>> significantly) over the target, but I have a clear feel where the pin <br>> foot is in relation to that overshoot, and how much the pitch will come <br>> back (at least a fair amount of the time). So either righty or lefty <br>> there is an "interpretation" of where things stand when the lever is <br>> released. But lefty, I find that "interpation" zone much harder to read.<br>> <br>> I bet this has more to do with my limited muscle strength than anything <br>> else. Pulling righty from the 2-3 oclock position is quite easy to do <br>> physically, which leaves adequate strength to control and relax as <br>> things get close. Lefty, even being the dominant side, with the push <br>> against the front of the hole, the strength and endurance required may <br>> just be be beyond my my physical limits, leaving no room to relax and <br>> smell the daisies at the critical moment. But even so, I'm curious what <br>> you get in the way of feedback from the front segment and distal pin <br>> deflection in that slow lefty CW push.<br>> <br>> ...Curious and ready to continue experimenting...<br>> <br>> Jim Ialeggio<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Jim Ialeggio <br>> jim@grandpianosolutions.com<br>> 978 425-9026<br>> Shirley Center, MA<br>> <br></div></div> </div></body> </html>