Spinets and Hearing Aids

[Barbara Richmond]

Hey Joe,

When I lived in Texas I learned that <carried> is used the way some of us
would use <brought> or <took>.  I remember fondly trying to figure out some
of those colloquialisms.  Ah, but it was all so charming.  :-)

On topic:  I tuned for a woman who had gone totally deaf as a child and
later, as an adult, had one of the early & miraculous hearing implants.  She
rented a piano and complained to me after I finished that the treble only
made a knocking sound.  This happened so long ago I can't remember what I
said, but I do remember being as diplomatic as possible.  It was a tough
situation, because she was convinced that the implants gave her "normal"
hearing.

Barbara Richmond


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: <ralp1938-ptg@yahoo.com>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: Spinets and Hearing Aids


> Hi Al,
> Boy you must be really strong! Hate to meet you in a dark alley <G>
> Here I think you need to mix a little truth with a little blarney,
> or in other words BS mixed with truth and humor. ie. It is the mix of her
> hearing aid overtones with the sympathetic vibrations of the string.
> Now if she asks what that means, you are in real doodoo, if you can not
> shoot the bull like a real __________.
>> I have even carried my wife AND a fellow piano tech to
>> the house, and they, along with me, cannot hear these
>> noises.
>
> Joe Goss RPT