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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff Doane" data-source="post: 50967" data-attributes="member: 1155">Re: Pinching fingers in mic stands...Yeah, that used to be my most common injury, by far.&nbsp; As I&#039;ve aged, I think I&#039;ve gotten more careful, so it&#039;s been a few years since that has happened.&nbsp; I used to regularly stab myself in the hand with the small screwdriver required for the setscrews in Switchcraft XLRs until I switched to Neutriks.These days, I don&#039;t even consider putting up a light stand unless I&#039;m wearing gloves.&nbsp; Too many bad memories there. :x~:-x~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:"&nbsp; data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" />On a related note, I did a gig recently with a horn player that I&#039;d played with in high school (30+ years ago).&nbsp; He&#039;s semi-retired now after a career in a Navy band, and does carpentry work with another horn player, as well as gigs from time to time.&nbsp; I commented on the number of musicians I know who supplement their income with carpentry, and mentioned my concern about smashing fingers in the course of that vocation.&nbsp; He replied with a laugh, &quot;I&#039;m a trombone player.&nbsp; I don&#039;t need fingers.&nbsp; I could play with two hooks!&quot;GTD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoff Doane, post: 50967, member: 1155"] Re: Pinching fingers in mic stands... Yeah, that used to be my most common injury, by far. As I've aged, I think I've gotten more careful, so it's been a few years since that has happened. I used to regularly stab myself in the hand with the small screwdriver required for the setscrews in Switchcraft XLRs until I switched to Neutriks. These days, I don't even consider putting up a light stand unless I'm wearing gloves. Too many bad memories there. :x~:-x~:mad: On a related note, I did a gig recently with a horn player that I'd played with in high school (30+ years ago). He's semi-retired now after a career in a Navy band, and does carpentry work with another horn player, as well as gigs from time to time. I commented on the number of musicians I know who supplement their income with carpentry, and mentioned my concern about smashing fingers in the course of that vocation. He replied with a laugh, "I'm a trombone player. I don't need fingers. I could play with two hooks!" GTD [/QUOTE]

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