"Put a plug in it"

[Avery Todd]

Don,

Thanks for the link. Has anyone ever measured the db levels in a
practice room with a pianist playing Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, etc.?

I'm pushing for carpet in the piano major practice rooms and just
wanted some "ammunition"! :-)

Avery

At 11:08 AM 08/16/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Here is a nice web site about hearing and musicians.
>
>http://www.music-injury.com/html/hearing.html
>
>At 08:43 AM 8/16/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >             Bob Hull
> >
> ><> wrote:
> >I did some sound level measurements on several pianos in my shop this
> >week. The DB meter was held at about the distance my ear would be from
> >the strings and soundboard. Using solid rather strong blows I measured
> >sound levels well over 100 dbs on both grands and uprights.
> >
> >What started this was the testing trick with the fingers that someone
> >mentioned a few weeks ago. For the last year I've had problems setting
> >the unisons on G7. Having to turn my head to focus and hear them. Turns
> >out I've got quite a bit of hearing loss at that frequency and above, in
> >my left ear. Turning my head allowed me to compensate for it with the
> >better right ear. At 67 years old, I'm not too surprised at the loss in
> >my left ear. However I'm sure that it's come on quite quickly. Several
> >hours a day pounding out tunings has made it worse. As a result I'm not
> >! only  carrying ear plugs, I'm using them. I tell the customer they help
> >to filter out noise that I don't need to hear. I do take them out of my
> >ears when I reach the last octave, for the unisons there. There seems to
> >be a difference in the brightness of the sound when taking the plugs out
> >at that time. I'm sure it's a result of not having the previous 45 mins
> >to 1 hr of 100 db plus sound levels thumping on my eardrums.
> >
> >I thought you might like to know about the 100 db plus levels...
> >Regards to all. Rich
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>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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