"put a plug in it"

[Elwood Doss Jr.]

Last fall I was fitted for a pair of Musicians Ear Plugs with the 15db plugs.  I am ordering the 9db plugs and trying them.  I would not tune in practice rooms without my ear plugs.  I like them much better than the foam plugs.  Well worth the money.

Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr.
Piano Technician/Technical Director
Department of Music
University of Tennessee at Martin
edoss@utm.edu
731-587-7482

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner@msn.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:34 AM
Subject: "put a plug in it"


> There is a piano tuner in Holland, by the name of Hans Troost.  He has been 
> doing a lot of research on piano tuners and hearing.  Hans has been a tuner, 
> restorer of pianos and violins, builds Paul Poletti's fortepianos, and has 
> performed concerts in the schools to introduce children to music.  A couple 
> of years ago Hans was being driven away from his work by constant tinnitus 
> and hyperacusis (hypersensitivity to loud sounds).
> 
> His research on piano tuners and their hearing is in the process of being 
> put down into written form (as is mine).  Hans wrote me a week or so ago and 
> asked for an "introduction to the PTG".  I explained to him that the 
> pianotech list is open to all and gave him the directions to subscribe.  
> Hopefully we will hear from him soon.
> 
> Diane Hofstetter
> 
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