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. > >
