<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 11, 2008 7:38 AM, <<a href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">...and then there was the client with three pianos.  The last one I serviced was an old Stwy upright in their bedroom, right next to the parrot's cage.  Every few minutes, the bird would enthusiastically exclaim, "Have at it!   Have at it--bwaaak!"</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>anon<br></font></div> <div class="Ih2E3d"> <div><br></div>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Larry Trischetta <<a href="mailto:ltpianoman@comcast.net" target="_blank">ltpianoman@comcast.net</a>><br>To: 'Pianotech List' <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 9:14 pm<br>Subject: RE: tuning next to feathered lookersons<br><br></div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <div class="Ih2E3d"><pre style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><tt>Martin,<br> I had a very similar experience thinking I was all alone in the house until<br> I heard the large parrot coughing...it sounded so real. I thought someone<br> came home, but it was the bird. Then he wouldn't stop talking. I never<br> mentioned it to the clients, but the parrot was coughing and kept saying<br> "let's get high". Good thing I was just the piano tuner!!!<br> Larry Trischetta<br> <br> </tt></pre></div></div> <div> <hr style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br></div></blockquote></div> <div><br> </div> <div>I refuse to tune with parakeets in the room, they screech and squawk as you tune and the louder you are, the louder they get. I ask that they move them to another room or cover them.</div> <div>I did tune for a customer with a large gray parrot in a cage right next to the piano, the customer wasn't home and every little bit the parrot would give out with a loud squawk. I saw nothing in sight to cover it with, I had no work number for the customer so I had to just live with it!</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike </div> <div> </div> <div>-- <br>We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?<br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>