Well, at least it wasn't because you were playing the piano! ;-) Terry Farrell On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Norman Dutton wrote: > 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/20100301/0b544c5c/attachment.htm>
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