Sorry folks, I just had a brainstorm and was totally focused on something else -- I don't know what I was thinking of when I wrote my last message but it wasn't connected to this world.
John Rev John Clifford 42 Sir Stafford Close, Caerphilly CF83 3BA, Wales UK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 8 May 2007, at 18:06, Stephen Douglass wrote: > Several keys get hit with the right thumb depending on your chanter > range. > > On May 8, 2007, at 12:29 PM, John Clifford wrote: > >> John. >> >> As a fellow cyclist and piper you have my very deep, if confused, >> sympathy. I'm a very mediocre player but a serious injury to either >> hand would have an exponential effect on my overall happiness with >> life since I love music and my pipes so much. >> >> However, I don't understand what keys you would be hitting with your >> right thumb. If general strength or mobility is affected, perhaps a >> "hook" like some recorder players have might make holding the chanter >> more stable and there should be space for one to be superglued or >> screwed into place by your pipemaker. Now, if you are talking about >> your right index finger, that's something else. >> >> John >> >> Rev John Clifford >> 42 Sir Stafford Close, Caerphilly CF83 3BA, Wales UK >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> still looking for other pipers in SE Wales >> >> >> On 8 May 2007, at 17:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Last Saturday I crashed on my bicycle avoiding a couple of dogs >>> at the >>> bottom of a long downhill. The worst of my injuries is a torn >>> ligament >>> between my thumb and forefinger on my right hand. I was in the >>> drops when >>> I hit the pavement and jammed my thumb against the handle bar, >>> pushing it >>> in the opposite direction of its normal bent. It requires >>> surgery to >>> reattach, which I'm scheduled to have next Monday. The orthopedic >>> doctor >>> gave me some very bad news about how this will effect the movement >>> of my >>> right thumb. He said I need physical therapy to do regular things >>> like >>> typing on a key board, so I'm very concerned how this will effect my >>> ability to hit keys with my thumb. Has anyone here ever had this >>> injury >>> and how did you get back up to speed on the pipes after surgery? I >>> hope >>> the doctor was just giving me a worse case scenario. >>> >>> all the best, >>> >>> John Dally >>> >>> -- >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> -- >>> Virus scanned by Lumison. >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > Virus scanned by Lumison.
