<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Richard Brekne wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid3EEE22C3.F824491B@grieg.uib.no"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Dave </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> You want to advise RSI afflicteds that their problems will be solved by lowering touchweight,.. Go for it.</pre> </blockquote> I don't know that lowering touchweight, or should we say balance weight, is going to cure RSIs. It is possible that a light touch is less stressful for those so afflicted, but I doubt that a heavy touch is the cause of their injury. Whenever a pianist mentions to me that their piano playing is being affected by RSI, I encourage them to find a teacher who knows about the Dorothy Taubman method. So many people are causing themselves injury because they haven't figured out (and no one has taught them) that there is a natural way to play, where it is not such an effort. It's as if the body knows there is a better way to play and RSI is its way of making you aware that you're working too hard. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.teresadybvig.com/taubman.htm">http://www.teresadybvig.com/taubman.htm</a>  or do a Google search for Dorothy Taubman method. Tom Cole Santa Cruz, CA </body> </html>