<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SAN=
SSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">A couple of days late(my phone line was do=
wn for a couple of days, so no connect), but I had to chime in. I'm a =
left ear guy, too. Are people who are left-handed more prone to being =
right-eared?? The possibilities are endless.
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<BR>Dave Stahl
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<BR>In a message dated 9/14/04 1:09:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ray@bentley=
.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-=
LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I do, Jason. I have a=
lways used my left ear for extra-critical listening while tuning. I th=
ought it was just me!
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<BR>Ray
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<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>
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-=
LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Tahoma" LANG=
="0">-----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
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OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Tahoma" LANG=
="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG=
="0">We all know about right-handedness and left-handedness, right-eyed an=
d left-eyed dominance, and the ongoing research about the differences betwee=
n the functioning of the left brain vs right brain. Now there is evidence th=
at the left and right ears are "programmed" differently. </FONT><FONT COLOR=
="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 P=
TSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">“We were i=
ntrigued to discover that the clicks triggered more amplification in the bab=
y'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 br=
ain hemisphere, is better at tones/patterns/waves/analog info while the righ=
t ear is designed from birth to specialize in "clicks", which are digi=
tal/consonants/binary pulses fed to the left brain. See scientific american:=
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#ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"=
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OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG=
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG=
="0"><A HREF="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=
=0000EC2C-11A4-1142-87D683414B7F4945">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?cha=
nID=sa003&articleID=0000EC2C-11A4-1142-87D683414B7F4945</A></FONT><F=
ONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" =
SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG=
="0">Do we listen to our tunings more with our left ears?</FONT><FONT COL=
OR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3=
PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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