Your seating position is critical to long term comfort. I learnt this on a typing course back in days of old. The forearm needs to be horizontal, particularly NOT elbow lower. An adjustable chair is good.
I much prefer a disc under the knob so that the middle finger presses on that and the thumb and forefinger just rest on the knob for guidance. The middle finger acts as a hinge against the larger movement of the wrist and arm which can move up and down an inch, whereas the gap might be only the thickness of paper. David G3UNA > > From: Ian Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/10/19 Fri PM 07:03:48 BST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Two learnig the code tips > > On Friday 19 October 2007 12:17:06 Ken Kopp wrote: > > > When using a straight key one's wrist ond/or forearm should > > never touch the desk. The thumb and fingers rest on the key > > knob and the elbow on the desk. The wrist then becomes a > > "spring" or shock-absorber. Sending with only wrist up-and > > -down action will result in the dreaded "glass fist". > > With over 40 years of playing the piano, I do not need > to support my elbow on the desk - that inhibits my > control using wrist and arm from the shoulder action. > I use a push pull action, two fingers on the top of > the knob, thumb under, effectively gripping the knob. > Proper training in piano teaches all the muscles used > to relax whenever possible, no matter how fleeting a > moment is available. It's superb training for the > incidental ability to use a straight key continuously > with an unsupported arm for hours. (A two hour recital > of Beethoven piano sonatas is much more physically > demanding than operating a straight key for the same > time) > > Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #49262 > -- > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
