Hearing Loss and Piano Tuning

[pianotune05]

dont forget that Diane sells these ear plugs.  
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bondi" <phil at philbondi.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Hearing Loss and Piano Tuning


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> KeyKat88 at aol.com wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>  
>>        I have a set of musician's ear plugs. THey /do/ let you hear 
>> the beats while tuning, but they also muffle the other fainter 
>> vibrations. I could get used to them for tuning, I have tried but I 
>> like hearing the beats out right. And, no, musicuan's earplugs do not 
>> enable you to hear beats better than natural hearing, they actually 
>> muffle alittle. I prefer to tune without them.   
>>  
>> Julia Gottshall
>> Reading, PA
> Julia, at the risk of sounding like your parent:
> 
> You had better find a set of plugs that you're comfortable with that 
> knock down the sound pressure level at least 15db..5 and 10db do not 
> offer enough protection.
> 
> You've asked alot of questions here regarding improving your skills, and 
> that's all well and perfectly acceptable here. We're also telling you 
> that it is important to your longevity in the field to get use to 
> wearing ear plugs.
> 
> -Phil Bondi(Fl)
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