List: There have been a couple of small threads lately that, taken together, are amusing. There has been a thread on the new SAT III at $1,600.00, and the RCT which together with the necessary Powerbook will run over $3,000.00. We spend on these things because they are helpful. I have a SAT I that cost me $1,400.00 and it has been well worth the cost. There has also been a thread on hearing protection where protectors costing $125.00 to $175.00 have been refered to as "expensive." Friends, we can replace our broken SATs, but when our ears go, we learn a new trade. I tune about half of the pianos I do without the SAT, but I need the ears for ALL of the work I do. I don't have the writing skills to over emphasize the need to protect our PRIMARY test equipment. I never tune a piano anymore without my 15db plugs in. The fact that they help me to hear better is a plus. The fact that they will really help me to hear better 15 years from now is the biggest reason for their use. dave _______________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas _______________________________________________
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