[pianotech] animals interrupting tunings

[Loren Kelley]

At one of my tunings, the owner had a small parrot(?) that was out of its 
cage.  It hung out on the candelier for maybe 15 minutes then would fly to 
another perch for a while.  Then it landed on my shoulder and the owner got 
all apologetic and took it off.  I told her I didn't mind, and she had a bit 
of trouble trying to get  the bird off.  She said that the bird liked men 
with beards (I have one).  After about 10 minutes the bird landed on my 
shoulder again and hung on tight.  She couldn't get the bird off.  I said no 
problem, and in fact it wasn't.  The bird hardly ever chirped and it was 
sort of fun.  I was able to continue tuning.

After about a half hour, the husband came home.  He had a beard.  He was 
able to coax the bird off.

Loren Kelley