Loss and Piano Tuning ( was: hearing etc.)

[Leslie Bartlett]

Where's my name on the list???????
les bartlett 

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Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 6:08 AM
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Subject: Re: Loss and Piano Tuning ( was: hearing etc.)

Diane  writes:

<< Just some of the techs we know about who have had problems with hearing: 
Brent Fischer, RPT;  Rich Snelson; Hans Troost;  Bob Hofstetter, RTT (he's
why I do this work--the tuning AND the hearing research). >>

Hell's bells!  Add me to the list.  I have a 35 db. loss in my left ear at
4K (oh, the dove and duck hunting I did as a youth was well worth it,too)
and when voicing, I use a Digifocus hearing aid that is tuned to match the
descending ramp on my audiogram.  I can still tune aurally, but it was
becoming a lot of effort in that last five notes.  
   I have been told that it will be progressive,  I now wear plugs when
involved with a lot of activities.  My point was that even though I have
some hearing loss, in the last 14 years  I have had a carpal tunnel release,
three rotator cuff surgeries, and a fasciotomy in an elbow.  Tendonitis is
always hovering in the background, and the osteoarthritis across my left
knuckles reminds me of everything from the long nights tuning practise room
Grinell Bros uprights to the recalcitrant Baldwins that I used to pound into
submission.  
     In talking to many techs, it appears to most give no thought to
pre-tuning warm up, stretching, and how to lessen the damage of doing the
same thing over and over and over and over and over and over ........ C88,
whew, where's my check?  
       I have had to learn how to ergonomically take care of myself or the
hearing wouldn't matter. 
Thanks for the note. 
 
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
 

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