<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Pianotek, does carry ear plugs, that reduce the
sound level by 12db. I use them all the time.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Verituner</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am a piano technician who is a machine
assisted <U><EM>professional</EM></U> associate. Were you going to skip
straight from amateur to RPT?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Andrew & Rebeca Anderson"
<</FONT><A href="mailto:anrebe@zianet.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>anrebe@zianet.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:25
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: Verituner</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> Dan,<BR>> As a tuner working to progress from machine assisted
amateur associate to <BR>> an RPT I have found earplugs very helpful in
sorting out what partials I <BR>> need to be working with in order to lay
the bearings by ear. I heard too <BR>> many (some faint) to decide
which to work with before that. Guy Nichols <BR>> recommends Ear
Filters which are utilized by hearing conscious rock <BR>> musicians (there
are a few). These apparently successfully reduce decibel <BR>> levels
without overly compromising sound detail. They are generally a <BR>>
special order item at your local electric guitar and drum store. I
didn't <BR>> get them ordered in time for a week long tuning gig I did in
an unserved <BR>> corner of Texas where all the pianos required
pitch-raises (10-120 <BR>> cents). After the first day I went to the
local drug store in desperation <BR>> and bought regular ear plugs figuring
I would remove them for the fine <BR>> tuning pass. I could hear the
fundamentals loud and clear and the lower <BR>> partials so I risked it and
kept them in for the second pass. I always <BR>> remove them for a
last playing pass of chromatic scales of thirds, fourths <BR>> and
fifths. I was surprised how few of the unisons I did retouch. I
still <BR>> have to order those darn ear-filters though. You'd think
a piano supply <BR>> house would pick them up.<BR>> <BR>>
Andrew<BR>> Las Cruces, NM<BR>> <BR>>
_______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list info:
</FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>