Klarinet Archive - Posting 000275.txt from 2005/03

From: "Gavin Rebetzke" <gavin_rebetzke@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] excessive amplification
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:47:28 -0500

Dan, this is interesting from a professional perspective (my day job
profession, that is). Do you know why the players who sued lost their
cases? I imagine that they would win a negligence action here in
Australia in the circumstances you describe.
Gavin Rebetzke

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dnleeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> Sent: Monday, 7 March 2005 8:35 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] excessive amplification
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> Even without amplification, there are rare occasions when the
> ears can be damaged. A local concert that I did not play,
> fortunately, included the 1812 Overture with real cannons.
> Everyone in the group had ear plugs and after the over was
> finished the players removed them. Then some idiot in the cannot
> group decided to fire a final shot.
>
> It was severe that several players had their careers terminated.
> They sued and lost.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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