What was that finger strenght product ?

[lufia]

Half a year ago or something i remember reading a thread about a product that strengthens ur fingers. u hold it in ur palm and exercise ur fingers. What was the name of that product? im interested in buying it because i wont b near the piano for 1 year.

thanks

[zheer]

Do you know what happend to Shumman.

[pianistimo]

try play doh.  seriously.  i've been doing that lately and it not only strengthens, but doesn't destroy any nerves from overuse or overextension.

[lufia]

try play doh.  seriously.  i've been doing that lately and it not only strengthens, but doesn't destroy any nerves from overuse or overextension.

ok i try that thanks.

about the product, i heard some nice reviews about this product, using it once in a while n stuff, couldnt find it in the search fuction. rock climbers also use it. bah

[zheer]

try play doh.  seriously.  i've been doing that lately and it not only strengthens, but doesn't destroy any nerves from overuse or overextension.

 I rather learn all 24 of chopin Etudes. I have playd all of them, but can only play a few to performance standard at the momment. I think the Chopin Etude is the best way of understanding all pianistic possibility.

[lufia]

chopin etude pwnz all technical exercises and its musical too. unfortunately i cant use tha piano so i have to resort to other stuff like play doh.><!!!

(-o'.')-o

[lufia]

Do you know what happend to Shumman.

the same thing applies to everything. example hanon and chopin etudes. going crazi with it will get u injured

[BoliverAllmon]

the same thing applies to everything. example hanon and chopin etudes. going crazi with it will get u injured

that is very true.

[demented cow]

Squeezing tennis balls (whilst making sure your fingers don't bend outwards) is probably a reasonable digital strength exercise if you've got nothing better.
I can hardly guarantee that this exercise will mean you can still play the piano after a year away from it.
Can't you go into music shops and ask to try out pianos pretending you want to buy one? Or put an ad in the paper offering to pay somebody if they let you practise on their piano?

[henrah]

Can't you go into music shops and ask to try out pianos pretending you want to buy one?

That's what I do, but do it too often and the shop assistants will get annoyed 

[demented cow]

too often and the shop assistants will get annoyed  [about practising on pianos in music shops]

true, you can't do it for ever. However, you can postpone the day when they turf you out irrevocably as follows:
-Look like a plausible buyer: ask questions about payment options. Tell them you have a certain price limit, and don't touch any pianos above that price. The price limit must be high enough for you to have to try out several pianos (so you'll have to spend longer trying out different pianos), but not so high that they don't believe you can afford it. Wear clothes that suggest you have enough money to pay for a piano.
-To justify doing 20 practice sessions in the shop, tell them that you don't want to make a spur-of-the-moment decision. Give them some chatter about having been badly burnt from an over-hasty decision when you bought a piano in the last town you lived in.

[leahcim]

Wouldn't it make more sense to put the same energy and enterprise to play a piano in a shop for free, into earning enough money to go and buy / hire one or pay for a lesson?