Re: [ARSCLIST] LP storage &c.

["Steven C. Barr" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Karl Miller" <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, phillip holmes wrote:
>
> > A survey by Piper and Drummer magazine finds that half of all bagpipe
> > players suffer from hearing loss and repetitive strain injuries, but a
chief
> > defender of the instrument says that health problems for pipers are just
"a
> > load of bunk."
>
> Perhaps I have mentioned this before, but I am reminded of the days when I
> taught classes in computer/electronic music. During the course of the
> semester I would give my "health" lecture re: listening at loud
> amplitudes. Without fail, there would at least one student in the class
> who had been playing in a rock and roll band since the age of 15 or so.
> They would point that out and say, "it hasn't hurt my ears." I would then
> ask if they would be willing to let me check their listening. I remember
> one 20 year old who could not hear 10,000 cps.
>
Actually, this post should be mandatory reading for all the folks
who play...or play on the same stage with...electric guitars! I can
personally attest to the results of standing next to too many
electric guitarists with amps turned up too loudm being a (very)
part-time blues musician...

Steven C. Barr