tuning next to feathered lookersons-a soulution

[Michael Magness]

On Feb 11, 2008 12:13 PM, Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com> wrote:

>
>
> Michael Magness IFixPianos at yahoo.com  wrote:
>
> >I refuse to tune with parakeets in the room, they screech and squawk as
> you
> tune and the louder you are, the louder they get. I ask that they move
> them
> to another room or cover them.
> I did tune for a customer with a large gray parrot in a cage right next to
> the piano, the customer wasn't home and every little bit the parrot would
> give out with a loud squawk. I saw nothing in sight to cover it with, I
> had
> no work number for the customer so I had to just live with it!
>
> Mike
>
>
> When we moved to Vancouver, WA from Santa Cruz, CA, our piano mover of 30
> years was getting married.  He invited us to his wedding and asked us to
> house-sit and care for Snoopy, his white rat-terrier dog, from whom he had
> never been separated--even for a few hours--since the dog was born, and
> Buddy, his red-blue Macaw.  Snoopy spent the entire honeymoon, staring at
> the front door until his eyes couldn't stay open any longer and his head
> fell down--asleep on the top of the couch, watching the door.
>
> Buddy, the huge parrot, was well behaved--Rick told us the secret: a spray
> bottle of water.  Whenever Buddy would sqawk loudly, even the sight of the
> spray bottle would stop him for a moment.  A brief spritz would work for
> much longer..........  (Only you gotta be sure the spray bottle doesn't have
> Protek in it--or worse--just use plain water.)
>
> Diane Hofstetter
>
>

Thanks for the info Diane, duly noted!

Mike
-- 
We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?
Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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