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Re: Left Hand Pinkie Problems

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-03-29 00:43

I think we touched on it but I wanted to make sure.

If your pinky is "stick straight" there are all sorts of excess stresses going on. You can adjust the "angle of approach" of your left hand to a wide degree (for example your first three fingers can be perpendicular to the horn rather than angled downward). By choosing a perpendicular approach, you can easily reach the left pinky keys with a curved pinky. This way, there is much less stress and it should aid you in putting the effort into depressing the levers (but you do want someone of experience like a good tech to ensure there is no unnecessary spring tension that would only hinder your efforts).

.............Paul Aviles

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