[pianotech] (..and birds!)

[Mike Kurta]

    I had a similar experience a few years ago, but with a dog.  As I was 
tuning, the owner's black lab would begin to howl, then slide up or down to 
the correct pitch and stay there!  The process would be repeated with the 
next note.  We put her outside and she would do the same thing from outside 
the front door.
    Another time I encountered a schnauzer that would take up residence 
under the grand I was tuning and howl loudly the whole time.  Not on pitch 
though.  He was taken outside the room and stopped making noise.  His owner 
said it would do the same thing whenever anyone played the piano.
    Mike Kurta, RPT
    Chicago chapter