<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Re: for those on the fence about hearing protection..</title> </head> <body> <div class="gmail_quote" align="left">I'm in agreement with that...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "John Formsma" <formsma@gmail.com> </formsma@gmail.com><br/>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 3/19/2008 12:44:48 PM<br/>Subject: Re: for those on the fence about hearing protection..<br/><br/> <div class="gmail_quote" align="left">On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br/></div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br/>> not a question a comment...you're pounding too hard.<br/>><br/>> David Ilvedson, RPT<br/><br/></div>I don't think so. Using my cheapo Radio Shack meter set in the<br/>90db range, I produce similar sound levels, and while I make a<br/>tremendous racket tuning, I'm not a pounder. I don't hit them<br/>hard so much as really often.<br/><font color="#888888"><br/>Ron<br/></font> </blockquote><br/>I did my "test" after buying a dB meter on clearance at Wal-Mart for $10.  Couldn't pass it up.  I was getting about 79-83 dB for normal tuning, and around 100-108 dB for the hardest blow I ever use.  This was with the meter sitting on the struts. <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"/></div> <div>I might not have as much experience as some of you who have been teching longer.  So I reserve the right to change my mind.  At present, I have also found that the oftener blows work better than the harder blows.  And I think the more experience we have, the better we can predict where the pin/string will be stable.  Thus, we are able to have more stable tunings with less volume as we get better at feeling the pin/string interaction.</div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"/></div> <div>Maybe it's just the way my body is put together, but if I pound hard, it hurts.  And I determined some time ago that it was better to save my arms and ears by having a good tuning technique.  I always use earplugs except for the final unison pass.</div> <div><br/>-- <br/>JF</div> </div> </div> </body> </html>