A plea

[Stephen Airy]

I may be scrapping the cat in/on piano idea for now -- I haven't taken the 
picture of the piano yet and I will probably use something else instead -- 
I want to have it done before x-mas so I can give some copies to my 
friends.  I'm not going to be publishing it so you guys will probably never 
be hearing the music.  :(  Could we close this topic now, please? :)

At 06:46 PM 12/2/00 -0800, you wrote:
>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
>>
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