ear plugs

[DIANE HOFSTETTER]

Marshall,

I've tried dozens and dozens of kinds of earplugs. Most of the ones from 
pharmacies and drugstores block out so much of the higher frequencies, that 
they are not very good for piano tuning.

What you are looking for are earplugs that have as flat attenuation as 
possible.  The ones I use are called canal caps and come in eight different 
sizes.

Diane



Diane Hofstetter




----Original Message Follows----
From: pianotune05 at comcast.net
Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: ear plugs
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:25:05 +0000

Diane,
What d oyou know about the ear plugs sold at CVS, Walgreens etc?  What are 
you using now?
Marshall


-------------- Original message --------------
From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner at msn.com>

 >
 > Paul Said
 > >Hi, Marshall:
 > > I use musician's earplugs from: www.musiciansfriend.com. They are very
 > >inexpensive, around $15.00, and sell under the name "Hearos". Go to that
 > >website and type "Hearos" in their search box. One size fits all, and 
they
 > >are very comfortable.
 >
 >
 >
 > Since ear canals come in different sizes, one size does NOT fit all. 
Women
 > have smaller diameter ear canals than men, and the sizes of the ear 
canals
 > vary by race.
 >
 > I tried the HR-20's sold by Pianotek. The first day I got an earache in 
my
 > left ear. The second day I told myself; "Don't be such a wimp, Diane." So
 > I wore them again and got earaches in both ears!
 >
 > I even tried cutting the flanges narrower to try to make them
 > comfortable--no luck.
 >
 > Diane
 >
 >