[pianotech] Tuning buddies

[Susan Kline]

Then there was that voice teacher with the cockatiel. The solfege was 
funny enough,
and the one-sided telephone conversation, complete with helpful coos and 
uh-huhs,
with just enough silence in between. But when the darned thing started 
singing
arpeggios I just about split a gut.

Susan

Larry Fisher RPT wrote:
> It’s been a few years since I’ve told this story ........
>  
> Minuet is a small dog suitable for a floor mop on the end of a long 
> handle.  The piano is against an inside “orphaned” wall so that you 
> can chase kids, dogs and what ever else you might care to, in circles 
> passing through the living room and the kitchen as you go.  The owner 
> showed me to the piano and disappeared into the basement.  During the 
> course of tuning, Minuet decided to practice for an upcoming opera by 
> singing a rather tender aria for me.  As I’d tune, Minuet would take a 
> few steps and form as close to an O as possible with it’s furry little 
> mouth and SING!!!  Oh my gosh, what a pretty song of doggy love 
> .......  in Italian of course  .............  and to hear such musical 
> lyrics with such a theatrical display.  I felt  ........  special  
> ..........  charmed ........ to be able to be witness to such talent, 
> even if it was only a practice session.  I can still see Minuet 
> holding it’s fur balled head up so high as if singing to the heavens 
> as he’d take a step or two and recite a few more lines of the love 
> story  .........   and with such spirit!!  I have no clue as to the 
> nature of the story but it sure sounded like he was jilted by a French 
> Poodle and left in the rain when along came an Afghan with it’s long 
> and free flowing fur covering it’s eyes as it gazed upon Minuet from 
> above.  OK I’ll stop there.
>  
> I never laughed so hard!!
>  
> I called my then 92 year old father and woke him up from his nap (two 
> hour time difference) to share with him the ability of an Alaskan 
> Husky.  I’d play a note repeatedly and the dog would try to match it.  
> I then played “How much is that doggie in the window” and the dog kept 
> a good solid O shape and strong will to perform throughout the song.  
> Dad still laughs about this at age 95.    The dog needs a bit more 
> time to improve it’s tone recognition.
>  
> Yep!!  Ya never know the talent you’re going to find sitting the front 
> row.
>  
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