DOG - in piano

[C. Mike Swendsen]

BSimon1234 wrote:
> 
> Twice now, from different people, I got a call to come out IMMEDIATELY and get
> a snarling dog out of a grand piano.  Seems that it  somehow had caught its
> leg in the bass strings of a grand that had its top up, and then the top
> collapsed on it,  making matters worse, etc. - and the owner was afraid of
> being bitten by a now slathering and psychotically mad dog.   (The first was a
> Rotweiler, don't know what the second one was.) They wanted me to get it out,
> NOW, assuming I would cut the strings.  I could name my price!
> 
> I hate replacing strings, especially bass strings.
> 
> Didn't go out on either call.  I told them to get some blankets and net or
> "encapsulate"  the dog in several so he couldn't see or bite through them, -
> then spread the strings and get its foot out.
> 
> Worked very well in both cases, the dog was out in minutes.
> 
> I just thought that this procedure might just help someone on this list,
> sometime.
> 
> Anyone else ever get a call like this?
> 
> Bill Simon
> Phoenix

I used ot get 3 or 4 calls  a year like this..same story, I assumed it
was just kids trying to pull a telphone prank.

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C. Mike Swendsen  R.P.T.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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