Hearing

Keith Roberts kpiano@goldrush.com
Thu, 24 Jul 2003 12:18:14 -0700


If you tune by using the upper partials of a note, you would need to be able
to hear well above 6K in the last octave.
Keith Roberts

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>


> Hi Ron,
>
> In Canada hearing loss above 6k is legally deaf--depending on the severity
> of the loss.
>
>
> At 11:26 AM 7/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >>Highest frequency of the top strings on a piano is between 3 and 4
> >>kilohertz. That means you can be legally deaf and still be an excellent
> tuner.
> >
> >Don,
> >4168Hz on the scaling chart, naturally higher in a real tuning. What's
the
> >legal definition of deaf?
> >
> >Ron N
> >
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> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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