<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/10/01 8:55:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Tvak@AOL.COM
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Today something interesting happened at my first tuning of the day...
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<BR>I was in the process of doing a pitch raise on a spinet. When I got to D#6
<BR>the client's dog started barking wildly. Non-stop
<BR>BARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARK.
<BR>This continued while I raised the pitch on E6 and then stopped abruptly
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<BR>I got to F6. I didn't really think anything of it, till I went back for
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<BR>second pass. Sure enough, the first strike of D#6 and the dog goes wild.
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<BR>I asked the client if she had a doorbell, which she did. I asked her if I
<BR>could hear it, and she told me she'd be happy to , but it would make the
<BR>dog
<BR>bark. Incredibly, the doorbell was a harmonic major 6th, Eb (or D#) and G
<BR>below.
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<BR>Anyone ever run across this phenomenon of an animal seemingly having the
<BR>ability to recognize pitch? (Or do you think this was this just a
<BR>coincidence?)
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<BR>Tom S.
<BR>Chicago PTG Associate
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<BR>Years ago when I was tuning a piano, the owners dog came up to me, sniffed
<BR>around, and howled "awooo!"
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<BR>I guess everyone is a critic!
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<BR>Dave Peake, RPT
<BR>Portland Chapter
<BR>Oregon City, OR
<BR>www.davespianoworks.locality.com
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