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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Dave,</FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">>>A couple of days late(my =
phone line was
down 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. <BR><BR></FONT><FONT =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10" BACK="#ffffff">Well, about 90% of =
the population
is left-handed. Of those people, almost all are left-dominant for
language. Of the 10% of left handed folks, about half are =
left-dominant
for language, and half are right-dominant. So yes, handedness is =
an
indication of brain lateralization, loosely. I would fully expect =
that
this lateralization of "ear" function follows the lines of language
lateralization, so I'd guess that about half of the lefties would prefer =
listening to beats with their left ears and tones with their right ears, =
while
*perhaps* a slight majority of right-handed folks would prefer the
opposite. I bet this would be a pretty weak preference,
though. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would guess that a much more =
influential
determinant of a piano tuner's ear preference is postural. Think =
about
it: It's going to be easier to turn one ear or the other towards =
the
piano, depending on which hand holds the tuning hammer. I bet =
that's the
ear that gets the most training and becomes the tuner's "critical =
ear."
Fortunately for 95% of you, these would just happen to align, with the =
ear
towards the piano feeding info directly to the language-dominant =
hemisphere
(which would presumably be more adept at decoding sound patterns like
beats).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV>
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