"A Brief Animal Story"

[Ken Burton]

            Richard,

            I thought you might enjoy this dog story which Taylor Mackinnon,
Vice President of the Pacific Northwest Region, gave me to include in my
book, TOONER TALES:

            "The dog was just a pup but quite large, nonetheless, very
curious and very friendly. The pup followed my every move, rubbing against
my legs and arms, slapping me with his great wagging tail.
              "I was trying to set my A, banging my fork on my knee and
holding it under the keybed as I tried the note. But the dog was all around
me, nuzzling my arm and bumping my hand, interfering with everything I
wanted to do.
                "Finally, in desperation, I activated the fork again and
held it out toward the overactive canine. His curiosity did the rest.
Slowly, he advanced toward the singing fork, sniffing and snuffling.
Suddenly--"BZZT!"--the fork touched his nose.
                "With a yelp, he fled to a far corner of the house and I
never saw him again that day.
                I'd say that was "Mission Accomplished!"


                        Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta
                                   kwburton@cadvision.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@easnet.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: "A Brief Animal Story"


>There is a house hold in Palo Alto that has a Macaw. This bird sits on a 5
>foot pedestal and its tail almost touches the floor.
>The owner  assured me it was a "watch bird"...That if I entered the house
>and no one was there, I would be torn to pieces, starting with my eyes.
>
>I serviced a  telephone technician's piano.  As we traded stories about
>service calls to hell, he told me the worst dogs were the little ones, esp
>the little ones in high society.  I had to agree as I remembered the only
>time I was ever bitten was by a little dog, (in St Francis Woods) and of
>course you would never sue over a little dog  bite.......and NO I did not
>get a tip......
>
>Ric ruf  RUFF
>
>