<HTML>This list is going to the dogs!! Lest get back to what it was originally intended to be...discussions on pian= o tuning and technology. Before long, I suppose it will be about cats and mi= ce and cockroaches. In all of the years that I have been rebuilding old upri= ghts and grands, I have never run into any problems caused by dogs or any ot= her household pets. Plenty of dead mice under the keys, but that didn't both= er me any. And I sincerely think that mouse droppings, after they have been = under the keys for 50 to 75 years or more are any serious health problem. Ba= cteria, after being exposed to the elements for a number of years are render= ed harmless. Just my thoughts on this topic, Roy Czekay</HTML>