For more information, search the archives for "tinnitus" or "high pitch ring" and similar things. I found some useful posts there. I had a temporary case of tinnitus which I think resulted from alergy season beginning. It made it hard to diagnose some "pings" in a piano, because high pitched sounds were exaggerated. It scared me into getting ear plugs. I find I can tune better with ear plugs, because I can hit the notes harder without being bothered by the noise, and I produce more solid unisons. As a kid, I used to buy band stuff in those guitar stores. I felt like such an old-fogie coming back in there recently to buy ear plugs! As if I was like, "Those damn kids play their rock and roll music too loud!" Actually, they didn't seem to think I was out of place, and one employee proceeded to tell me about some "trip" she was just coming off of. I guess that's a compliment. Clearly they didn't think I was a narc. I used to know everything about every keyboard on the market. Now they all look the same and sound like cheap pianos, but louder. Charles
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