[pianotech] Grand piano and dog

[tuner at helmsmusic.net]

If she suspects it's an odor in the piano leg that's attracting the dog,
you might consider an experiment: put that corner of the piano up on a
sturdy sawhorse or something else that will support the weight, and remove
the leg. If the dog doesn't pee on the sawhorse, you know it's the odor in
the leg that's beckoning him. Send the leg to Dave Swartz, RPT, in
Rosemount, MN. He specializes in all kinds of piano odor removal and does
a terrific job. She'd probably have to do some sort of treatment to the
floor to get the dog's urine smell out of that, too.

Paul's idea of an electric fence around the piano might not be as silly as
it sounds, too - if she has a basement, she could buy an "invisible fence"
and staple the wire (normally buried in the ground outside) under the
floor around the area the piano is in. I used to do this to keep the dog
out of the kitchen - just stapled the wire under the kitchen door down in
the basement. Worked like a charm!

-- 
Scott A. Helms, RPT
Helms Music Enterprises
480-818-3871
www.helmsmusic.net