<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 23-jan-2007, at 20:41, <A href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I would like to hear from some seasoned tuners. Has anyone out there had any hearing loss? Should I protect my ears? I know that I used to play the notes alot more loud as a novice , than I do now days (except when I have to give the key a smart blow in order to set the string) That cant be helped (unless you want to sell the client a tuning that wont last as long)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>AnY advice? COmmernts?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks </DIV> <DIV>JUlia Gottshall </DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Come on! of course it happens...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am 58 (almost) and I quit - heavy - tuning about 15 years ago. Nevertheless, after a lifetime of it noise, my ears are warning me because they give me a heavy buzz when I strike too hard, or there is a continual hissing sound at the end of the day.</DIV><DIV>It does not really bother me, but I know....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>OK?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">friendly greetings</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">from</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">André Oorebeek</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Antoni van leeuwenhoekweg 15</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">1401 VW Bussum</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">the Netherlands</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">tel : 0031 35 6975840</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">tel : 0031 652388 008</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><A href="mailto:concertpianoservice@planet.nl">concertpianoservice@planet.nl</A></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">www.concertpianoservice.nl</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">where music is, </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">no harm can be</SPAN></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>