OUCH!

[Leslie W Bartlett]

For folks who simply won't go the expensive route, I have found some
little plugs, not the foam ones, at Academy  that are supposed to knock
off about 7 decibles. It isn't much, but it does take the edge off those
test blows.  They cost about $3.50.  A local tech has gone the VERY
expensive route (he's concert level, does a lot of big pianos), and said,
"it's the best money I ever spent."
On Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:01:21 -0500 (EST) BobDavis88@aol.com writes:
>Just thinking, insert your own numbers........
>
>Assume 400 strings per average tuning, since some pianos require pitch
>adjustment and some don't.
>times 12 tunings per week, to allow for other stuff = 4800 strings/wk
>times 46 weeks, to allow for vacation, sick days, etc., = 220,800
>strings/yr
>times say a 45-year career = close to 10,000,000 strings per career
>times say five blows per string (fewer on pitch, more on fine)
>equals approximately 50,000,000 assaults on your tender little ears,
>just
>from tuning.
>It's the same number, incidentally, on your tiny little fingertips.
>
>Having already developed, I'm sure, good tuning lever technique which
>limits
>the number of hard blows you have to use, NOW will you visit your
>audiologist
>to be fitted for a pair of 15-decibel-attenuating personally-fitted
>ear
>protectors? Incidentally, I may also get 10-decibel inserts for fine
>tuning.
>
>Bob Davis, recent convert, feeling like a stubborn blockhead for
>waiting so
>long.
>