[pianotech] animals interrupting tunings

[Chuck Vetter]

Couple of weeks ago I pulled up to a farmstead where they had promised to 
leave the door unlocked. I was sitting writing some notes before going into 
the house when I felt my Tahoe moving back and forth and heard a scraping 
sound. In my mirror I saw the largest pig I have ever seen up close and 
personal. He was scratching his nose on the rear door handle and not 
reaching up to do it. I waited til he went around the house and carried my 
tools in. Went back out to grab the action and he  (all 750 pounds) chased 
me back to the truck. Got rescued soon after by the home owner who assured 
me he was harmless.......still not so certain.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loren Kelley" <kelleypiano at nventure.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] animals interrupting tunings


> 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
>