The Dream of Absolute Quiet - New York Times

[Annie Grieshop]

Yes, absolutely.  It's not really hyperacusis, but there are similarities
when you just can't take the noise of "normal" daily life.

I'm in the process of buying a piece of land, just so I can get as far from
other folks' noise as possible.  Currently, I live in a very small town
which is nearly perfectly quiet in the middle of the night -- but even then,
I can hear the 60-cycle hum that accompanies most human endeavors these
days.

By the way, I'd happily sell my current house/shop/book of business to any
competent technician who's interesting in living in eastern Iowa.  It's a
lovely area, and there are many opportunities for lots of music-related work
(tuning, performing, teaching, selling).  I'll have photos, etc., on my
website soon, but it's not yet ready for prime time....... The land I'm
buying is about 120 miles from here (back where I came from), and while I'll
continue to serve my customers here as long as necessary, I'd be glad to
hand it on at a very reasonable price.  It's been a great place to get
started.

Annie Grieshop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of Ruth Phillips
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:59 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: The Dream of Absolute Quiet - New York Times
>
>
> Further on the subject of excessive noise in our own ears, here is an
> interesting
> article on noise in general.  How many tuners have this sensitivity?
> Ruth Phillips
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/garden/17QUIET.html?8dpc=&pagewa
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