Hi Diane, Plese tells us about the ear plugs you sell. Is there a catelog from which to order them etc? If you wish to send me a private e-mail about the ear plugs that would be OK too. Thanks Diane. Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner at msn.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 12:54 AM Subject: Re: ear plugs > Marshall, > > I've tried dozens and dozens of kinds of earplugs. Most of the ones from > pharmacies and drugstores block out so much of the higher frequencies, > that they are not very good for piano tuning. > > What you are looking for are earplugs that have as flat attenuation as > possible. The ones I use are called canal caps and come in eight > different sizes. > > Diane > > > > Diane Hofstetter > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: pianotune05 at comcast.net > Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: ear plugs > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:25:05 +0000 > > Diane, > What d oyou know about the ear plugs sold at CVS, Walgreens etc? What are > you using now? > Marshall > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner at msn.com> > > > > > Paul Said > > >Hi, Marshall: > > > I use musician's earplugs from: www.musiciansfriend.com. They are very > > >inexpensive, around $15.00, and sell under the name "Hearos". Go to > > >that > > >website and type "Hearos" in their search box. One size fits all, and > they > > >are very comfortable. > > > > > > > > Since ear canals come in different sizes, one size does NOT fit all. > Women > > have smaller diameter ear canals than men, and the sizes of the ear > canals > > vary by race. > > > > I tried the HR-20's sold by Pianotek. The first day I got an earache in > my > > left ear. The second day I told myself; "Don't be such a wimp, Diane." > > So > > I wore them again and got earaches in both ears! > > > > I even tried cutting the flanges narrower to try to make them > > comfortable--no luck. > > > > Diane > > > > > >
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