<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> David,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I just posted a couple things about the hammer shank, but to your other question.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Yes, I know what you’re talking about. I don’t think I’m losing the ability to hear things, but sometimes it’s hard to distinguish words if there’s a lot of other noise. It’s like I hear everything going on in the room at the same time, but it’s sometimes hard to focus on conversational speech unless I really work at it. Like less of a hearing thing, and more of a filtering thing. My hearing was normal five years ago, and I’ve been using protection since then, so hope things are OK there. I’ve wondered if it comes from focusing so much on hearing beats that that part of our brain starts to take over and we sort of lose a little ability to discern speech because our “tuning hearing” is super-developed.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Ed Sutton posted something a while back about a certain part of the brain that grows more when a skill like tuning is learned. Maybe there’s something like that going on with us, but it gets over-developed. ???  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I know you and I are not the only ones with this, because some instructors at conventions are obviously having trouble hearing people in the class ask questions. Yet it’s obvious they can hear well on the piano.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> John Formsma<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Lawson Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:44 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Hearing<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> John, I am very interested to read about the hearing factor and particularly this new idea re the hammer shank. Don't quite understand the method however. Can you please give us some more in depth detail, as stability in tuning has always been a major problem with most tuners. I, like most of us, am a forced to hit hard, particularly for recital stuff, and I am getting too old for that rubbish!!!<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> The other matter that could be of interest is the that quite strange peculiarity of being able to hear your tuning very well, however when in a noisy room, can't hear what people are saying to you. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Am I the only one who has this experience? I bet I'm not.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Love this facility, it is great.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Regards,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> David Lawson    Wangaratta <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>