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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Cayenne Pepper.
It only took me all day to think of that. I used Cayenne pepper in one
instance and it worked well. I posted the results in more detail on the
other list but I couldn’t remember the name of the stuff during my morning
coffee. It seemed to accelerate the oxidation process on piano wire
however and it buries itself deeply in understring felt to the point that you
can’t vacuum it out. In the case of an upright Paul, I can’t see any harm
in using it all over the pedal board. The trap I mentioned is a Victor
product hence the rather LARGE V on the trap. Duhr!!! Once again,
the grey matter is slow ........ and getting slower. That was
another name that came to mind somewhere between my temperament setting and the
bass octave on the first tuning today. A 1972 K. Kawai KG2D HPE with a
broken bench hinge. Dried leaves inside the piano (no not pot and no I
didn’t smoke any of it) and the room was adorned with colorful paintings on the
wall. An equally colorful lady and we had a very nice visit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>In addition to the
squirrels and their shenanigans, I bought a Daisy. No not the fine lively
little babe from the Dukes of Hazard, no not the passenger in the movie “Driving
Miss Daisy”, a child’s Winchester BB gun. Yeah, the Great Plains long
rifle of every kid’s dreams of the Wild West. I’ve been oh so entertained
every fall. So many to choose from. It’s like a video game. A
low scoring hit is just a dull thud. A higher score is a back flip.
I get a free game if I get a kill but that’s only been twice in 30 years.
The olde guard is aware and runs frantically up any tree when I appear from
anywhere. The experienced ones know that if I don’t stand still they have
a few minutes but then if I reappear they’d better be well on their way or gone
because by then I’ve got my lever action unlocked and loaded. The young
ones pose for me. Tree rats. I’ve personally trained each and every
new generation around here that this little piece of property has nasty
nuts. Fortunately for them and the pianos in my shop, my Filbert crop this
year was about one out of four to six. That kinda put a damper on my
squirrel training for the year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I don’t think we have
hail screen here Ron but we do have quarter inch mesh or hardware cloth or metal
fabric or what ever it’s called. Maybe that product name will come to me
next week during my second tuning on the third day of the week .........
however I’m not counting on it. If it ain’t written down
................ I’m screwed. Now then, where’s my glass of
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