Don, Thanks for the link. Has anyone ever measured the db levels in a practice room with a pianist playing Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, etc.? I'm pushing for carpet in the piano major practice rooms and just wanted some "ammunition"! :-) Avery At 11:08 AM 08/16/03 +0000, you wrote: >Hi, > >Here is a nice web site about hearing and musicians. > >http://www.music-injury.com/html/hearing.html > >At 08:43 AM 8/16/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > Bob Hull > > > ><> wrote: > >I did some sound level measurements on several pianos in my shop this > >week. The DB meter was held at about the distance my ear would be from > >the strings and soundboard. Using solid rather strong blows I measured > >sound levels well over 100 dbs on both grands and uprights. > > > >What started this was the testing trick with the fingers that someone > >mentioned a few weeks ago. For the last year I've had problems setting > >the unisons on G7. Having to turn my head to focus and hear them. Turns > >out I've got quite a bit of hearing loss at that frequency and above, in > >my left ear. Turning my head allowed me to compensate for it with the > >better right ear. At 67 years old, I'm not too surprised at the loss in > >my left ear. However I'm sure that it's come on quite quickly. Several > >hours a day pounding out tunings has made it worse. As a result I'm not > >! only carrying ear plugs, I'm using them. I tell the customer they help > >to filter out noise that I don't need to hear. I do take them out of my > >ears when I reach the last octave, for the unisons there. There seems to > >be a difference in the brightness of the sound when taking the plugs out > >at that time. I'm sure it's a result of not having the previous 45 mins > >to 1 hr of 100 db plus sound levels thumping on my eardrums. > > > >I thought you might like to know about the 100 db plus levels... > >Regards to all. Rich > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > >mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca >http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > >3004 Grant Rd. >REGINA, SK >S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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