dogs stuck in pianos

[Kgj38@AOL.COM]

       I'm a graduate student in a writing program and am working on a book
>about learning to play the piano.  I've been interviewing and trailing
after a
>local piano tuner  for several weeks to add some depth to the book but am
>curious:  what is the strangest thing you've ever found in a piano? 

I found a wooden paint stir stick in the keybed of a spinet that hadn't been
tuned for 30 years.  Along with the usual coinage, safety pins, mail, etc.

Karen Johnson
Rochester, MN