<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Funny this subject just came up.  = A friend sent me a graphic of a kitty litter ad in which a group of cats is = contemplating the use of it versus using a plant.  Just substitute plant for = piano ...!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This very same friend has a piano which = serves as a vantage point for her cats to a] watch out the windows across the = room and b] watch the rest of the house.  She keeps a fleeced plastic cover = over the piano that so far doesn't have any holes in it from claws which makes it = easy for her to clean off a] cat hair b] cat vomit c] litter material = (should either cat decide to use the piano that way).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cats are difficult to train -- they = have to be encouraged to stay off the piano by having a nicer alternative for window-viewing.  Or, just roll with it as my friend has.  I = have yet to clean up anything disgusting in or on the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt  RPT<BR>Ann = Arbor  MI<BR><A href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=MBailey911@AOL.COM href="mailto:MBailey911@AOL.COM">MBailey911@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 13, = 2002 5:34 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: cat on the = lid</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>I like the = mousetrap idea suggested previously.  But if that doesn't work, rest = assured that on the lid is better than on the strings.  Without going into the = details, you can imagine how unpleasant it was to get the call about = the old cat that used to sleep on the strings - until one day when the old cat = didn't manage to get out of the piano in time to make it to the litter box... = <BR><BR>Mary Bailey <BR><BR>In a message dated 2/13/2002 7:58:49 AM = Central Standard Time, doepke@fwi.com writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Colleges, <BR>How may a client keep her cat from jumping = onto the lid of her baby grand in <BR>order to look outside?  ( no = rude replies, please...although several do come <BR>to mind) = <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>