Dogs and pianos

[John Ross]

Boy, Gordon.
I don't think I would want to live in your sterile world. You do seem
a tad paranoid.
It would be a pretty sad place, if there were no 'dirty' pets.
They do a world of good, just look at the dogs and cats that visit or
are at old folks homes. The elderly, look forward to the visits.
Also, speaking of a dog's licks, it is a proven fact that the human
bite is more dangerous than a dog's because of the additional germs in
a dog's mouth.
Don't get me wrong now, I would never French kiss a dog. :-)
Dogs only reek, if the owners don't look after them.
I don't know about you, but I have smelled a few people that 'reeked'
as you put it, and there is no excuse for them, being dirty.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca

P.S. Yes you do have a silly name.
----- Original Message -----
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:41 AM
Subject: Dogs and pianos


> Dear list,
>      I also just don't like them because they stink,
> and I have spent thousands of dollars on pianos (nice
> ones!) that I have had to destroy because there is NO
> WAY that I could eliminate the stench and, in good
> conscience, sell the piano to one of my very nice,
> clean, non-pet owning customers!!! ( Who would be
> equally repulsed, and very angry with me were they to
> know what kind of environment it had been in! )
>      This is something else that dog owners seem
> oblivious to ( besides the fact that dogs are often a
> hostile public menace )... DOGS USUALLY REEK!!! And
> they always stink at least alittle. To anyone who does
> not have the smell so entrenched in their sinuses that
> they can no longer percieve it, that is.
>      And how do you justify letting a dog slobber on
> your fingers, knowing that it may just have just
> ingested/licked something repulsive, and then stick
> said fingers in a costly piano, an musical art object
> representing centuries of dedication and refinement?
>      I am truly glad that I am more respectful than
> that.
>      Thump
>      P.S.: I may have a silly name, but I do know what
> "class" is!
> P.P.S.: Americans spend 5 times on their pets as they
> do caring for their elderly parents.(Great
> priorities!)
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