Baldwin L rusty strings back and wandering

[pianoman]

Hi Mark,
	As a cat owner most of my life, some cats love pianos and some don't.  I
have had some that climb in, I think they like to feel the vibrations
through their pads.  My current to cats, one FM(Whitney) and 1 M(Bradley)
don't even go close to the piano.  Difference in cats.  The hair used to be
a big problem with our since departed Albert, a little girl cat that had
had ear mites and evidently affected her brain and she wasn't all their but
she was a great mother to her off spring and we treated her as royalty
around here.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
pianoman@inlink.com
            May I listen as well as I hear.

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> From: Mark Graham <magraham@bw.edu>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Baldwin L rusty strings
> Date: Monday, June 01, 1998 6:47 PM
> 
> This may seem far-fetched -- but then, Avery has probably already thought
> of the usual possibilities. After a couple of experiences, whenever I see
> very localized rusting, I try to find out if there are cats. Mice can do
> the same kind of thing, but probably not in a well-maintained grand
piano.
> I've seen a few pianos ruined by cats, and the owner didn't even realize
> it.
> 
> If I get to talk to God in person, I'm going to ask him what he put in
> cats that makes grand pianos so attractive to them.
> 
> Mark Graham
> Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
> Berea, Ohio