Diane Hofstetter's email

[Cy Shuster]

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You can buy expensive musician's earplugs (about $100 US), molded to =
your own ear, that fit down inside the ear canal.  Diane's are around =
$20, and are "caps": they fit over the ear opening like a lid on a jar.  =
This makes them very comfortable.  She has them in different sizes.

I always wear them for pitch raises, and remove them only for final =
unison adjustments.  Recently I tuned a piano, removed the plugs, and =
was surprised to hear bubbly high-pitched noises.  There was an aquarium =
three feet behind me with a bubbler, and I hadn't noticed it at all with =
the plugs in!

In addition to protecting your hearing, they let you hear the piano =
better in noisy environments, such as the floor of a music store, with =
customers trying the digital pianos behind you...

--Cy Shuster--
Bluefield, WV

P.S.  Diane posted here with that same email address just two days =
ago...
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Quentin Codevelle=20
  To: pianotech=20
  Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:44 PM
  Subject: Diane Hofstetter's email=20


  Hello Terry,

  Thank you for your reply.

  Sarah Fox also confirmed that this was her address. I hope she had the =
message.
  Or maybe she will see that I tried to contact her with this message =
sent to the list.

  What are the average prices of her earplugs?
  I fear this must be really expensive for me because when we =
(europeans) order items to the US, we have to pay some taxes that are =
much more expensive than the item itself!

  But for the health of my ears, I won't count my money. My ears are too =
important.

  I looked for some information on standard earplugs (they are said to =
be made for "musicians") but I'm sure it is better to deal with people =
who know what a tuner's ear is really exposed to.

  I'd like to hear no difference at all in terms of beats hearing, I =
just want the sound to dicrease to save my ears.

  Quentin
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