as to the cat being on the album cover -- this album would mainly be released to my friends. At 01:45 PM 12/1/00 -0800, you wrote: >At 05:58 PM 12/1/00 +0100, you wrote: >>Actually, I never considered cats a problem, and certainly have never >>experience washing >>cat pee off my knees, or anywhere else, from having to work on the floor. >>At least not in >>a home I would continue past the entre'. As for the cat with the stuck >>foot. I bet thats >>the last time the cat jumps up into the piano. An old trick for keeping >>cats from jumping >>up on counters is to place a lot of forks on it. Couple times is all it >>takes. And if you >>do have a particular stubborn cat... try a sheet of tack paper with >>thumbtacks stuck all >>over it. One time is usually enough for the cat ... grin. >> >>Cats are curious..but they are not stupid. >> >>Carol Beigel wrote: >> >> > I don't think it's a good idea to give anyone the picture that cats and >> > pianos mix. This is the time of year when many people working in the piano >> > business are especially overtired, oversheduled, working their last >> nerves, >> > and could care less if they ever saw another piano or customer, so this >> > little story, although it seemed hillarious at the time, might not >> sound so >> > funny if you are a cat person. >> > > >oh, i almost forgot to look down. I was thinking you were talking about >my post about using a cat on/in an UPRIGHT, NOT GRAND piano for a picture. > >> > I was working for a large piano retailer and business was gangbusters >> > during this holiday season. People of all descriptions were buying >> pianos - >> > I swear some of them thought they were stereo systems with >> strings! Anyway >> > this lady had just taken delivery of a baby grand piano, and the >> movers had >> > just left. Suddenly she hears her cat squalling because its foot is >> caught >> > in the bass strings! She calls the customer service department and our >> > receptionist just lost it! She was laughing so hard trying to page a >> > technician. You could hear this cat in the background over the speaker >> > phone, and the lady was in such a panic. The whole service department was >> > in stitches while this poor woman was hysterical - and the cat kept >> howling >> > in the background! Finally, someone had the presence of mind to tell >> her to >> > get a wooden spoon and pry the strings apart to get her cat's foot from >> > between the strings. >> > >> > I doubt you will get many positive responses from piano technicians about >> > pictures of kittys on pianos. Many of us have the experience of removing >> > cat pee from the knees of our pants due to working on pedal lyres on >> carpets >> > in kitty homes. And the list goes on.... >> > >> > Carol Beigel >> > >> >>-- >>Richard Brekne >>RPT, N.P.T.F. >>Bergen, Norway > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
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