Question of the Month

[Susan Kline]

Reminds me of the notorious Baldwin D "mouse piano" at Newport, Oregon. The
mouse won the first round, tied the second, lost the third.

At 05:49 PM 4/25/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Question Of The Month
>
>When a grand piano (no matter what brand) and a cat (actually a kitten) get
>in a fight, who wins?
>
>While you are formulating your answer (just like on Jeopardy), let me tell
>you the story.
>
>I recently had a customer call to get a tuning and "minor" repair on their
>lovely grand piano. The dampers weren't working properly. Little did I know!
>
>When I arrived at the home (after making the appointment well in advance),
>what I
>discovered was that their new kitten had decided to get up in the piano and
>attack all the felt pads of the dampers that it could reach (fortunately,
>only the flat felts). Of course I didn't get to see the kitten (I assume it
>is still alive). What I did get was a big ball of wool, along with many
>pieces of wool under the strings and plate on the soundboard.
>
>So -- who wins when a cat and grand piano fight? Why, the technician, that's
>who!
>
>John Elving, RPT
>Sacramento, CA
>
>

Susan Kline
skline@proaxis.com
P.O. Box 1651,
Philomath, OR 97370