<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for your injury. Take = care.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer</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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pdtek@home.com href="mailto:pdtek@home.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> Friday, August 03, 2001 = 1:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tunebidextrous</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Well, the tendonitis in the elbow is not going to = get much better anytime soon, and the fall tuning season is about to kick in. = After 16 years of tuning with my left arm (though I am right = handed), the best solution seems to be learning to tune with the other arm. I've = tried it on a few notes during tunings lately. Its awful! Worse that starting = over learning to tune because my standards are high but the muscle = coordination is not there yet. Very frustrating.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Has anyone switched arms berfore? Any tips? What = position of the lever is best for right handed tuning? This indeed a humbling experience.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>