<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=047160820-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do, = Jason.  I have always used my left ear for extra-critical listening while = tuning.  I thought it was just me!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=047160820-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=047160820-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=047160820-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=047160820-14092004> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial = size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Registered Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:ray@bentley.net">ray@bentley.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net/">www.ray.bentley.net</A></FONT></DIV>= </SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>jason kanter<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> research: right vs left ear<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=190253319-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>We = all know about right-handedness and left-handedness, right-eyed and left-eyed = dominance, and the ongoing research about the differences between the functioning of = the left brain vs right brain. Now there is evidence that the left and right = ears are "programmed" differently. <FONT size=3>“We were intrigued to = discover that the clicks triggered more amplification in the baby's right ear, while the = tones induced more amplification in the baby's left ear,” suggesting = that the left ear, being connected to the right brain hemisphere, is better at tones/patterns/waves/analog info while the right ear is designed from = birth to specialize in "clicks",  which are digital/consonants/binary = pulses fed to the left brain. See scientific american:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=190253319-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=190253319-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2><A = href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0= 000EC2C-11A4-1142-87D683414B7F4945">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chan= ID=sa003&articleID=0000EC2C-11A4-1142-87D683414B7F4945</A></FONT>= </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=190253319-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=190253319-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do = we listen to our tunings more with our left ears?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=190253319-14092004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=190253319-14092004> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>| |   | | |   | = |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | = | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jason Kanter . piano tuning = regulation repair</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">jkanter@rollingball.com</A> . = cell 425 830 1561</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>serving the eastside and = the san juans</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>