Da Bugzz

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> ...I once launched
> a fair sized spider up out of a grand action ("killer" octave 5 1/2 - 6,
> what do you think, Del, any connection? Bugs in the design, and all that?)
> during a tuning. He cleared the lid just fine and did a very impressive
> series of aerial gymnastics, losing points on the landing, however, by
> piling into the tuning pins upside down. Except for a faint scream at the
> height of the trajectory, the performance was otherwise silent. In the case
> you mentioned, the spiders probably don't care at all about the piano's
> vibrations. They're after those flys!
>
> Must be time to go to work,  Ron

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Depends on the size and species of the spider. And on who did the trainining. Actually, I always thought it had more to do
with the Killer Bee's that are flying around. (Inside joke. "Killer B" is what we privately call our Model B conversion.)

-- ddf