It's that killer octave again. P In a message dated 3/1/2010 12:52:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, duttonpiano at earthlink.net writes: As an infrequent participant, I'll reintroduce myself: My name is Norm Dutton, and I'm Dave Ilvedson's "not so newbie" apprentice. I have an odd experience to tell about. I recently tuned a Wurlitzer console for a couple who were referred to me by Dave. They had a large bird cage, about 4' high, right next to the piano, with two songbirds in it. It was close enough that the birds were getting birdseed into the keyboard, which I had to clean out (they have since moved the bird cage). Before firing up the vacuum cleaner, I asked the people if the birds were okay with the noise of the vacuum, and they said the birds would be fine. I kept an eye on them, and they seemed fine while I vacuumed. Then I tuned the piano. For a while the birds sang along, which was annoying, but not too distracting. I was grateful when they stopped singing, but didn't really pay attention at the time. After I was packed and ready to go, I turned to say goodbye to the birds and noticed one of them lying face down on the bottom of the cage! The bird died. Fortunately, the people don't blame me for the bird's death. It's a bit of a mystery. Has this happened to anybody else? Norman Dutton PTG Associate Member -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100301/ff6070c2/attachment.htm>
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