Hi Jon -- Why suffer more than you have to? It's easy enough to correct the situation for your ears -- just get good hearing protection. Then worry about your neck and shoulders. As for getting used to them, it really doesn't take that long at all, especially since the reduction of excess decibels translates directly into greater comfort. Miscellaneous background noise becomes even less bothersome. Noise "peaks" (such as a crash of falling dishes in the next room) are not as jarring. When all is said and done, you may find yourself in a better mood at the end of a long tuning ordeal than you would have been had you not used hearing protection. Now really, how long does it take to get used to greater comfort and a better mood? Not long, I should think.... I've been using hearing protection for 3-4 years now. Recently I managed to not have them with me when I went to tune a piano with a "polite" tone. That was hard, at best. I hated to think what it would have been like with a piano with a harsh tone. No wonder I used to drag myself home after a long day of tuning feeling like my brain was made of crumbling foam rubber, only to have to go out next morning and do it all again. (Snarl. Growl.) No wonder I felt such pain -- the audiologist said I still had the hearing of a dog. (Admit it -- I'm a bona-fido bitch.) The earplugs made such a huge difference instantly that my getting-used-to-them time was probably less than a single piano. And yes, I still have dog-hearing. Enough with my stories. Good luck in your decision to get serious hearing protection. You'll probably wonder how you did without it within a day at most. ZR! RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ---------- > From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Test equipment > Date: Saturday, August 09, 1997 8:07 PM > > OK, OK, OK . . . > > I'm almost sold. > > Especially with the arduous task of 'the practice room' > pianos in these little,tiny rooms looming in my near future. > > What's gonna hurt more . . . my ear . . .or my shoulder / neck? > > I've been following this topic with moderate interest, but with recent > support; I see the reasonning behind it. How long does it take to get > used to these things? In other words, what is the learning curve? > > Jon Page > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Is there an ear atenuator and neck/shoulder massage unit? > mailto:jpage@capecod.net ? ! ? ! ? ! ! ! ! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >
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