Dogs and pianos

[Jonathan Finger]

Thump:

I worked on a YC PG-185 two weeks ago with severely corroded castors.  I
tried to figure out what had done it, until the owner fessed up that her
dogs had "marked" the legs of the piano.  EWWWWWW   .... In this
instance I am right with you bud... it was disgusting.  


Jonathan Finger RPT



-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of gordon stelter
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:09 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Dogs and pianos

Yes, I have smelled plenty of reeking people, too, of
all economic conditions. Highly repulsive!
    But "Sterile world"? What about the fabulous 6'4"
Packard ($300) I had to turn down because of the pile
of excrement that had been under it? (Tell-tale sign:
badly corroded leg ferrules. Owner "fessed up".)  Or
the vintage Balwdwin "L", also $300, same story.
     I think that I merely have a civilized
disposition but, alas, such is not fashionable these
days, as can readily be seen in our media.
     Thump

--- John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> 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!)
> mailman/listinfo/pianotech
> 
> 
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