The Cat Piano
Published
by
Fou,
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:40 AM
This
strange music instrument was featured today at
Régine's blog.
“In order to raise the spirits of an Italian prince burdened by the
cares of his position, a musician created for him a cat piano. The
musician selected cats whose natural voices were at different pitches
and arranged them in cages side by side, so that when a key on the
piano was depressed, a mechanism drove a sharp spike into the
appropriate cat’s tail. The result was a melody of meows that became
more vigorous as the cats became more desperate. Who could not help but
laugh at such music? Thus was the prince raised from his melancholy.”Funny? I don’t think so! I sing without anyone stepping on my tail. Some humans are so mean.
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