Spinets and Hearing Aids

[Alan Barnard]

Well, first, let's be honest: EVERYBODY hears "Buzzes", "Twangs", and
"Noises" from 1960's vintage Wurlitzer Spinets. This makes your client
bang-on normal. If you, your tuner friend, and your wife can NOT here these
noises, it is possible that you three all need hearing aids.

Second (let me yank my tongue out of my cheek), I think all you can do is
be honest and tell them you can't hear the noises, or are not certain what
they are hearing. Have you tried playing up and down the scale at varying
dynamics, then play fifths, fourths, maybe sixths and thirds until they say
"There! That's it!"

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Al Pebworth <ralp1938-ptg@yahoo.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 07/09/2005 11:43:01 AM
> Subject: Spinets and Hearing Aids
>
> Could anyone share their experience with small
> spinets owned by Senior Citizens wearing hearing aids?
>
>
> My customer hears "Buzzes", "Twangs", "Noise"
> from a 1960's vintage Wurlitzer Spinet.
>
> She wears twin hearing aids, turned up loud.
>
> I have even carried my wife AND a fellow piano tech to
> the house, and they, along with me, cannot hear these
> noises.
>
> Any obvious solutions, other than just telling her to
> turn them down?  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al
>
> Al Pebworth
> Chesapeake, Va
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