Remember the echo of the room in which you tune counts towards overall sound-pressure level. A little practice room with hard walls can easily double the sound-pressure level. Andrew At 12:45 PM 10/28/2005, you wrote: >I was surprised to learn that anyone believes that normal tuning >would generate decibels anywhere close to ear-damaging levels. My >understanding is that the "average" person can safely tolerate eight >hours of continous 85 db. I'd guess the decibels normally generated >by a piano tuning would be around 45 - 65 db, unless one is tuning >the piano Jerry Lewis style :). > >I'm wondering what your basis would be for believing that tuning >represents a threat to hearing (or does it simply seem more >comfortable to you to wear earplug/filters?). Is it personal >experience, or are you aware of scientific studies that confirm this >possibility (I'm not aware of any, but that doesn't mean they don't exist)? > >Best, > >JO >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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