Mark: By all means get the musicians ear plugs and don't leave home without them. I've used them for I don't remember how many years and at 67 I still use the 15-db reducers. You will buy several different tuning devices over your career but new ears are not sold anywhere! dp __________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt at smu.edu ________________________________ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org on behalf of Mark Purney Sent: Mon 1/22/2007 8:46 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Preventing hearing loss I'm curious what people do, if anything, to protect hearing while tuning pianos. I'm sure your ears probably get used to the sound over time, but the sound levels from my first tuning practice made me uncomfortable, gave me a slight headache, and I noticed that certain notes were almost painful to my ears. I immediately thought about using closed-back headphones with some sort of microphone setup. This would block most direct sound, while providing an accurate signal with adjustable volume. Depending on the mic pattern, it might even help to reduce surrounding noises. With some EQ, it might even be possible to enhance the partials while attenuating the fundamental when listening for beats. The problem is that it's no fun to wear large headphones all day. I did some searching and found out about these special "Musician's" ear plugs that attenuate all frequencies evenly. This seems to be an ideal solution, although expensive. They aren't cheap, and require custom fitting by an audiologist: http://www.hearnet.com/images_site/erme_brochure.pdf -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 4764 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070122/a65e514d/attachment.bin
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