<html> At 10:04 AM 2/13/2002 -0500, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite><blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>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) </blockquote>Put a large Bulldog on the lid first.</blockquote><br> <br> </font>That was my first thought too but the only way is to move it away from the window. The move will be better for the piano too.<br> <br> Slim chance of that happening.  I tuned for someone once, they bought a new very expensive piano<br> and placed it right in a South-facing picture window. The piano was hot to the touch.  I explained all<br> the benefits of moving it away from the sunlight but her reply was, "The interior decorators say it has<br> to be here. If I move it, I will have to hire them to balance the room again, look... see how the room is balanced"?<br> <br> What a flake. "Balance the room", toast the piano.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <div>Regards,</div> <br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>