Spinets and Hearing Aids

[Michael Gamble]

Hello Al and List
I have a client - yesterday, in fact - who was complaining of much the same 
thing, only he had the courtesy to tell me that he wanted me to tune the 
piano so he could then judge whether his new, very expensive £5000 (that's a 
lot!) Swiss made hearing aids were distorting the sound he was used to. I 
asked Sir John (for that's his name) why his previous Danish hearing aids 
didn't exhibit the same problem. He said he's sending the Swiss ones back 
(warranty issue (S&S? Ha! Ha!) and he's going to approach the Danish company 
for a new hearing aid. The piano is a newish small Yamaha upright.
Why beat about the (GW)Bush? In Dalek-Speak "We shall Exterminate" :-)
Michael G.(UK)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Pebworth" <ralp1938-ptg@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: Spinets and Hearing Aids


> Could anyone share their experience with small
> spinets owned by Senior Citizens wearing hearing aids?
>
>
> My customer hears "Buzzes", "Twangs", "Noise"
> from a 1960's vintage Wurlitzer Spinet.
>
> She wears twin hearing aids, turned up loud.
>
> I have even carried my wife AND a fellow piano tech to
> the house, and they, along with me, cannot hear these
> noises.
>
> Any obvious solutions, other than just telling her to
> turn them down?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al
>
> Al Pebworth
> Chesapeake, Va
>