Thumpless Rochester

[pianotune05 at comcast.net]

Hi Gorden,
I cannot make the conveniton either, same issue $$$$.   This is a bummer because I wanted to meet everyone on the list especially Joe Garrett.  I'd like to meet him in person and put a face to some of his responses on the list.  I'd like to meet John and watch him perform his new method with the hammer shank and string, and everyone else who posts to the list. It would be cool to put a face to a post.  I imagine you guys wonder what I look like, well imagine a guy new to piano tuning trying to make a move to a big city, catch up on sleep from living with a 10 month old and making ends meet.  :)  
Marshall

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From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> 

> Dear Everyone, 
> Looks like I won't be able to make it, as I 
> simply don't have the thousand bucks. 
> ( Sigh! ) Too bad, too, as I really wanted to meet 
> 'y'all, play a lot of Fats Waller on Overs #6 
> ( with persimmon, of course! ) and give a REALLY 
> scary campfire talk about the Evil Chickering Browne 
> Action, and how to deal with it, should it ever cross 
> your path. 
> Oh well. 
> To the 4 or 5 folks who chipped in $20 to help get 
> me there, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and 
> will, this coming week, send the Ecsaine samples I 
> promised. ( Please email me again, so I don't forget 
> any of you ). And I'll refund the difference. To the 
> fellow who graciously chipped in $25, the 1890's 
> Simplex push-up piano player is yours, if you want it, 
> and I'll notify my brother in Rochester that you'll be 
> contacting him to possibly pick it up. 
> Sorry, again. I know it would have been a 
> wonderful, informative time for me. But I live in an 
> extremely economically depressed area, where pianos 
> are just not a priority for many people, and, 
> regardless of how I apply myself, my "bottom line" 
> reflects this. 
> 
> Thanks again! 
> Thumpster 
> 
> 
> --- "pmc033 at earthlink.net" 
> wrote: 
> 
> > HI, Geoff: 
> > You may want to bite the bullet and have a REAL 
> > evaluation done by a "professional". You need to 
> > keep track of your progress, so regular visits are 
> > recommended over time. 
> > I have a hearing loss which begins at around 
> > 4000 hz, so any further degradation for me is going 
> > to be devastating. I've known about this since I 
> > was in 8th grade (I'm 55 now), and I've had regular 
> > checkups over the years. It hasn't changed much, if 
> > at all. Luckily, I can still tune (Thanks, Dr. 
> > Sanderson!). Anyway, I also have a problem hearing 
> > in a crowd, and had a very similar experience 
> > diagnosing a splinter between two keys. I just 
> > couldn't hear it, but eventually the lady pointed it 
> > out. 
> > At least, get SOME kind of protection, so it 
> > doesn't get worse. In my case, no hearing aid is 
> > going to help much. I don't know if they would help 
> > you, but you could check into it. 
> > I'm also interested to "hear" about those Zem 
> > plugs. I like mine, though. I use Hearos Musician 
> > Plugs from Musician'sfriend.com. 
> > 
> > FWIW, 
> > Paul McCloud 
> > San Diego 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Geoff Sykes 
> > To: Pianotech at Ptg. Org 
> > Sent: 06/10/2006 2:40:41 PM 
> > Subject: Follow-up on hearing protection 
> > 
> > 
> > Well, my original question about the Zem ear plugs 
> > never even got addressed, but the thread turned into 
> > something interesting anyway. Now let's take it a 
> > step further. 
> > 
> > I had an experience yesterday that suddenly slammed 
> > this subject home for me. While prepping a new piano 
> > at a store the manager claimed to be hearing a 
> > squeak in two adjacent keys. I could hear a slight 
> > rubbing, but no squeak. Everyone else in the store, 
> > (much younger than me btw), could hear it. Just by 
> > chance a fellow tech walked in. This person is a 
> > little younger than me but what makes a real 
> > difference is that this person is female, and it has 
> > been proven that women have much better hearing then 
> > men, and keep it longer. She could also hear it 
> > fine. She also found the problem and fixed it. 
> > Turned out to be a small piece of wood shaving 
> > between two of the keys. She blew it out and the 
> > squeak was gone. 
> > 
> > So, today I decided to check out just how my ears 
> > were behaving. Just what COULD I still hear? Surely 
> > there must be an online resource that could provide 
> > some clue prior to actually paying to see a doctor. 
> > Well my friends, there is! A company called Digital 
> > Recordings offers a free "professional" hearing test 
> > online. It offers 24 test frequencies from 20 Hz to 
> > 20KHz with SPL ranging from 0 - 80 db in 1 db steps. 
> > It requires the Java plug in, some VERY good 
> > headphones and a VERY quiet room. I could not get it 
> > to run in IE but on Firefox it ran perfectly. Check 
> > it out. 
> > 
> > 
> http://www.digital-recordings.com/hearing-test/www-ht-pro/ht_help_p.html 
> > 
> > Needless to say I was extremely disappointed in my 
> > results. But, as an excuse, I have old crappy 
> > headphones, live next to a busy street and there is 
> > street construction going outside. I plan to find 
> > some decent headphones and try it again in a quiet 
> > place, but I don't expect significantly different 
> > results. (- sigh -) Fortunately the top note on a 
> > piano, (C8), is only around 4186 Hz. Well below 
> > where my HF degradation started to kick in. (Whew!) 
> > Still... 
> > 
> > Enjoy. I expect reports. 
> > 
> > -- Geoff Sykes 
> > -- Assoc. Los Angeles 
> 
> 
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