Dogs and pianos

[Avery Todd]

SO?????????? Clean it, replace it or whatever, and go on!!!!!!

Avery

At 12:14 AM 03/05/03 -0700, you wrote:
>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!)
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