<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Dave. It is a pleasure to serve you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=pdtek@mchsi.com href="mailto:pdtek@mchsi.com">Dave = Bunch</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 21, = 2002 9:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tunebidextrous part = 2</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>About a year ago I wrote to the list = asking for experiences with changing hands for tuning. This was a subject of = great interest to me since I was having increasing problems with tendonitis = type symptoms with my tuning (left) elbow. After seeing several doctors, an = orthopedist told me that my pain was due to a tendon that was popping = out of the groove in the bone when I bent my elbow. Apparantly it was an odd = enough condition that he had to make up a name for it to put on my chart.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, in an effort to ease the stress = on my elbow, I began to learn lever technique all over again with my right arm. = Since grands didn't feel as awkward to tune right handed as did verticals, I = started doing grands with the right and kept doing verticals with the left. It = was slow going at first and very frustrating since I had high expectations = for speed and results. I was surprised, however, that after several months = I had better technique on grands using my right arm than I used to = have with my left. I attributed this to two things.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First, the standard type extension lever that I still use for = verticals did not feel right on grands with the other arm. I bought one of Joe = Goss's unique levers with the balloon shaped handle on the end. It feels = great and I sense greater control with it. Also, the 1 to 2:00 position = that feels more natural with the right hand seems to be more efficient for = working the string through the friction points than did the 10 to 11:00 = position I used left handed, since the string winds around the pin on the right = side. For this same reason, the left hand still seems to work best for = verticals. The best part is that I have now distributed the stresses of tuning over = both sides of my body which has reduced the problems I had been = having.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyway, thanks to all who gave their input the first time around = and to Joe Goss for his great lever and his patience with me when I wanted to = try a different shaft (Yes, the hex is the best)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Bunch</DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>