From: "Thomas A. Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and dogs and cats will run from it
Is this a common occurrence when playing the HG?
I ask in all seriousness, because I am quite interested in getting an HG,
but if it scares the cats, it won't be welcome in the house.
We have a number of odd instruments in the house. Besides my harp and
embryonic HG, I also have a circa 1870 Erard grand piano. My husband plays
viola, accordion, tenor saxophone, Irish flute, and smallpipes. My older
daughter is a cellist. My younger daughter is a percussionist, and has in
addition to the standard school-issue snare drum, a bodhran and a medieval
rope tension drum. We have a wooden bucket full of pennywhistles, recorders,
and bamboo flutes. Out of all these instruments, the only one that affects
the animals (two dogs, eight cats) is a Generation D tinwhistle. I don't
know what it is about this particular whistle, but the minute I start
playing it both dogs put their noses in the air and start howling like
wolves, and the cats all either rush to the door to be let out, or go hide
upstairs.
I mean, it has to be the instrument, right? It couldn't possibly be my
playing.
And to the fellow who was going to use that mp3 to scare raccoons out of the
attic: to me, it kind of sounded like raccoons mating, so I'm not sure it
will have the effect you intended. My attic is actually full of squirrels
right now. and nothing seems to frighten them.
Kathy Hutchins
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