[CAUT] Hearing Protection Desirable for Tuning?

[Phil Bondi]

Jeff Olson wrote:

>  The last hearing test I took, when I was 46, resulted in the 
> proclamation that I had "superb hearing," so I don't feel the 
> incentive to start using noise filters while tuning pianos

Jeff, at the risk of sounding like a parent: NOW is the time to 
seriously consider hearing protection. Your hearing will start to take a 
gradual decline with age, regardless of your tuning technique. I, like 
you, prefer to tune softly without hard blows. But I have found that a 
quick jolt to a string has improved my unisons quite a bit. That jolt, 
and I'm guessing, is over 90db. Multiply that over one piano, numerous 
pianos during the day, etc.....

ok I'm done!,

-Phil Bondi(Fl)