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<DIV>Yea, Mike, make a video for the $10,000 grand prize you're sure to win from Funniest Home Videos.</DIV>
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<DIV>By the way, have you ever wondered why so many dogs like to be under grand pianos when you tune? It's loud enough down there even at medium loudness, let alone repeated test blows! Maybe they're trying to learn pitches?</DIV>
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<DIV>As bad as your singing dog, for me, was one customer who whistled and hummed each of the notes I was tuning, loud enough for me to hear clearly from the next room, as if they were trying to prove to me or themselves that they can match a selected pitch. Guess they were trying to show by their audition they were as smart as some dogs, just not as humble.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chuck<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: ed440@mindspring.com <BR>Sent: Sep 27, 2006 8:12 PM <BR>To: Pianotech List <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: Re: Homer the singing dog <BR><BR><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name="GENERATOR"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY>
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<DIV>Please make a video of this!</DIV>
<DIV>(I recall a janitor who behaved similarly.)<BR>Ed<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Every few years I run across a dog that likes to sing while I tune. I'm not sure if they are in pain or they really enjoy it. Today was unique. Homer, a black lab would howl a note at the pitch I was tuning. He would usually start out on a different note and slide up or down until he hit it. It wasn't dead on, but close enough. He would even adjust an octave up or down to stay in his vocal range. Homer's owner wasn't aware of her pet's talent, but it became distracting so we put him outside where he continued to accompany.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Any other singalong stories ??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Mike Kurta </FONT></DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></ZZZBODY></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>