"Feelin' in Tune? (part I)

[Travis L Gordy]

Hi Del and Ralph:
I stand corrected Del, and thanks Ralph for your explanation.  I guess I
have been very fortunate. I had ringing in my ears for a short time and it
did disappear altogether after I started wearing hearing aids, and ,I think,
as I became deafer.  My wife blames piano tuning and listening to classical
music with the volume too high for my hearing loss. But I am sure that not
wearing hearing aides when using my table saw and router and such tools
probably did the greatest harm. Pure stupidity for which I am paying the
price.

Travis Gordy

ralph m martin wrote:

> Hi Del
>
> You are right when you say that there is no cure for tinitus. I think,
> though, what Travis is referring to is widening the signal to noise
> ratio. In some cases, simply by amplifying the ambient
> sounds,particularly in the upper part of the audio spectrum as do most
> hearing devices designed for a "nerve loss", the tinitus becomes less
> obvious.
>
> With all these cases of tinitus amongst tuners, it should be no great
> revelation that the profession is certainly not making the condition any
> better. The average tuner plays approximately  1,296 blows per piano.
> (based on 216 strings being struck 6 times each. Four pianos per day
> would amount to about 27,920 blows per week.
>
> Needless to say, if we can adhere to the old adage of "tune softly-set
> string firmly" we could spare our poor inner ear a little wear and tear.
>
> best
> Ralph Martin
>
>  boosting  Sat, 18 Oct 1997 23:03:47 -0700 Delwin D Fandrich
> <pianobuilders@olynet.com> writes:
> >
> >
> >Travis L Gordy wrote:
> >
> >> Only on one count was Del mistaken.  The tininus will go away when
> >you wear
> >> hearing aids. So if tininus is about to drive you up the wall, try
> >hearing aids
> >> for some relief.
> >>
> >
> >True tinnitus will not go away. Not even with hearing aids. Sometimes,
> >if it is not too severe, it can be masked with various
> >types of background sounds. Ocean waves work as well as anything for
> >me. But nothing will make it go away. It's there from
> >the moment you wake up until you go to sleep. You just learn to live
> >with it. It's much easier to learn to live with the
> >preventive measures.
> >
> >Del
> >
> >
> >