<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why the heck don't you save your back = and just sit down and tune it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</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"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard Ucci said: "<FONT = face="Times New Roman" size=3>Joe, thanks for the input. I'm about 5'7" and have had lower = back problems in the past(moving too many pianos with the old man years = ago.) I'm thinking I should not schedule any other tunings after this one that day."<BR><BR>RU/UP,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>IMO, you are too short, by about 1", to "comfortably" tune Square Grands! Techs @ = 5'8" to 6'2" are less likely to have back problems from this job. (I'm = 5'11") If you have "back problems", DO NOT exacerbate your condition with Square = Grands! (Duh!) Refer to a younger/taller skilled technician, please. On a = "first time Square Grand appointment", I block the whole day out. More often than = not, there are many repairs, etc., to be done, before tuning can commence. = Spending time with the client to inform them of the shortcomings and attributes = of their instrument is tatamount to the job, IMHO. One final thing, Take = Numerous Breaks! These breaks should be with stretching exercises and back = exercises. There are tricks to getting through the process w/o crippling yourself.</FONT><BR>Best Regards,</DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>