Embarrassed Cat ! !

[Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com]

Thanks for this story, Sy!

As a cat "owner" who believes they should be part of the food chain, I
attempted to simulate this situation (in the best interest of my
clients with Kawai's and cats). I failed to gather sufficient data,
however, because my daughter (the real owner) heard the commotion and
released the cat before the test was completed.

I've also been hindered in similar tests. Instead of determining
whether cats could be flushed, I only found that they are highly
resistant to it.

Fred Odenheimer was once called for cat extraction from a grand.
Apparently the feline had gone in through the long side of the rim,
and found it to be a one-way street. His first directive was to the
client -- they had to leave. Fred was adamant about not traumatizing
the piano. He lowered tension on just enough strings for extract-a-cat
purposes. The operation was a success. The story has a happy ending.
The piano and the cat survived. The piano was stable after a few
tunings, but for a long while the cat still looked as if it had gone
through a cheese grater.

Jim Harvey -- 101 ways to skin a cat #79:
              DeWalt power sander w/40 grit paper"

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I become curious about this and investigated. It now seems possible this
could have happened. On a Kawai KG-2 (and others) the key slip it tapered.
The end of the key cover is round. When the cover closes the two surfaces do
not mate parallel but at an angle Try this.. Insert a tuning mute or a cloth
folded over and close the cover onto the mute. Attempting to pull the mute
out does cause the cover to drag down and cause a sorta of compound leverage
between the key slip and key cover. So the cat's tail might just be the
right thickness and texture when confronted with this leverage. Ha ha cat.

You know, cats saunter around like they own the place. They hardly show any
emotion at all, except maybe when they're hungry.  The cat had no business
on the piano anyway. It's kind of fun to see a cat "embarrassed once in
awhile".  Ooooooh! I'm going to get blasted from the cat owners now.