On Thu, 6 Apr 1995 mark.stivers@24stex.com wrote: > > I'm all for protecting our hearing. But if the piano is that loud, shouldn't we > protect EVERYBODY'S hearing by making it softer? Incidentally, I once talked to > a professional audiologist and she told me that she didn't see any reason why a > piano should damage anyone's hearing. > > Mark Stivers Mark: Did she understand that we listen for periods of over an hour at a time, and several times a day? I'm not sure what the decibel rating is on the average piano, but it might be interesting to check a few to see. I may do just that in the next few days, just to satisfy my curiosity! John Minor University of Illinois jminor@uiuc.edu
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