Today something interesting happened at my first tuning of the day... I was in the process of doing a pitch raise on a spinet. When I got to D#6 the client's dog started barking wildly. Non-stop BARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARK. This continued while I raised the pitch on E6 and then stopped abruptly when I got to F6. I didn't really think anything of it, till I went back for the second pass. Sure enough, the first strike of D#6 and the dog goes wild. So I asked the client if she had a doorbell, which she did. I asked her if I could hear it, and she told me she'd be happy to , but it would make the dog bark. Incredibly, the doorbell was a harmonic major 6th, Eb (or D#) and G below. Anyone ever run across this phenomenon of an animal seemingly having the ability to recognize pitch? (Or do you think this was this just a coincidence?) Tom S. Chicago PTG Associate P.S. I wish there was a convenient abbreviation for "Associate", you know, like there is for the other guild category, RPT? The only abbreviation that comes to mind is...well, one that I wouldn't care to use after my name. (Opening the door...) Any suggestions?
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