<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/4/05 1:09:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, doepkeb@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2><FONT face=Helvetica color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">I tune with my right hand in the l= ever and recently have developed a pain in the middle joint of my middle finger= on that hand.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Has anyone else = had a similar situation and can share what they did to correct the situation?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Brian,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You might want to try a different type of handle on your lever.  D= o you use a straight lever or a ball type?  Are you a tapper or a puller?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I got occasional pain at the base of my middle finger with my old, traditional style hammer.  After it broke, I switched to a semi-ball ty= pe, and I've had no problem since.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>