Are there many piano techs who are veterans?

[Geoff Sykes]

I had the opportunity once to sit and meditate, all by myself, in the
anechoic chamber at UCLA. Can't say as I actually remember hearing my heart
beat, or blood rushing around, but I do remember becoming aware of a very
low level sort of white noise that I otherwise had never heard. And yes,
there was also a little high frequency whine, (tinnitus?), mixed in. I sort
of felt like it was just my own internal system background noise.
 
I also became aware of how utterly dependent we are on the reflections of
sound off of our surroundings. In the anechoic chamber, there are no
reflective surfaces. You can't hold a conversation with someone unless you
are looking directly at each other. If they look away from you their voice
literally disappears and never reflects off of anything to bounce back at
you. It's the closest thing to being deaf that I ever want to experience. 
 
Right next to the anechoic chamber there was also the ultimate echo chamber.
I've used echo chambers in my recording work, but this one was huge and
optimized for maximum reflection. Couldn't hold a conversation in there
either. After the second or third word everything just turned into this
wash. It was pretty funny actually.
 
-- Geoff Sykes
-- Assoc. Los Angeles
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Andersen
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:02 AM
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Subject: Re: Are there many piano techs who are veterans?




On May 14, 2007, at 6:10 AM, Porritt, David wrote:

A question from the other side....Can anyone here say that they can go

to a perfectly quiet place (say, a high end recording studio) and

actually hear nothing??  

Not me....


I have personally never met anyone who didn't

seem to have a little tinnitus that they could hear when it was

perfectly quiet.  

Me neither.


Are there any people with silence in their head??

Nossaman seems to have met a few.


Fascinatin' topic....some people----mostly spiritual adepts---would tell you
that the "ringing" is just the first layer or level of sound that has been
called "the music of the spheres..." the actual sound of the energy that
keeps everything buzzing and alive. And that to connect to the feeling of
that sound and energy is a catalyst for joy.

David A. 





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