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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Robert Finley<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, <st1:date Year="2006"
Day="05" Month="5" ls="trans" w:st="on">May 05, 2006</st1:date> <st1:time
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Hearing Loss and Piano
Tuning</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have been reading the interesting article about tinnitus
and hearing loss in the Piano Technician's Journal. This is something that
concerns me since I am just starting out as a piano technician, and I am also a
classical musician (concert pianist) who gives frequent recitals and plays in
competitions. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have been wondering whether musicians could also suffer
hearing loss and what the difference is between tuning a piano (where the notes
are played loudly to set the strings) and playing music that has loud
passages in it such as a Liszt's Transcendental Etude 'Mazeppa" or
Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G minor Opus 23 and practising pieces like that
for several hours a day. In a large symphony orchestra for example, the sound
level must be quite intense at times (such as the finale of Tchaikovsky's 4th
Symphony), although there are large dynamic variations from pianissimo to
fortissimo depending on the piece being played, and the sound level would not
be not constantly very loud. Would the conductor and
orchestral players ever have problems with tinnitus and hearing loss? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Do the ear plugs that piano technicians use make it more
difficult to hear the beats, or do they make it easier? I guess they attenuate
the sound level of the notes and the beats as well, but maybe the attenuation
of the lower frequencies is less so the beats can still be heard. Where can one
get suitable ear plugs for piano tuning use? Thank you for your comments. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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