*Meow meow HISS* Ah, yes. Needs tuning, madam.
March 1, 2006 7:05 PM Subscribe
A piano. A catgut free piano. A catgut free piano that includes cats. Very angry cats.
I tried making one but am lacking a soprano. Anyone know where I can find the "Meow Mix" cat?
posted by rob paxon at 7:10 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by rob paxon at 7:10 PM on March 1, 2006
try a kitten
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:10 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:10 PM on March 1, 2006
That's a good idea. Kittens have a very quick turnaround time... you don't need to feed them and a new one is right around the corner.
posted by rob paxon at 7:13 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by rob paxon at 7:13 PM on March 1, 2006
goes so well with the monty python mouse organ:
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen. I have in this box twenty-three white mice. Mice which have been painstakingly trained over the past few years, to squeak at a selected pitch. (he raises a mouse by its tail) This is E sharp... and this one is G. You get the general idea. Noe these mice are so arranged upon this rack, that when played in the correct order they will squeak 'The Bells of St Mary's'. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you on the mouse organ 'The Bells of St Mary's'. Thank you.
He produces two mallets. He starts striking the mice while singing quietly 'The Bells of St Mary's'. Each downward stroke of the mallet brings a terribly squashing sound and the expiring squeak. It is quite clear that he is slaughtering the mice. The musical effect is poor. After the first few notes people are shouting 'Stop it, stop him someone, Oh my God'. He cheerfully takes a bow. He is hauled off by the floor manager.
posted by lapolla at 7:19 PM on March 1, 2006
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen. I have in this box twenty-three white mice. Mice which have been painstakingly trained over the past few years, to squeak at a selected pitch. (he raises a mouse by its tail) This is E sharp... and this one is G. You get the general idea. Noe these mice are so arranged upon this rack, that when played in the correct order they will squeak 'The Bells of St Mary's'. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you on the mouse organ 'The Bells of St Mary's'. Thank you.
He produces two mallets. He starts striking the mice while singing quietly 'The Bells of St Mary's'. Each downward stroke of the mallet brings a terribly squashing sound and the expiring squeak. It is quite clear that he is slaughtering the mice. The musical effect is poor. After the first few notes people are shouting 'Stop it, stop him someone, Oh my God'. He cheerfully takes a bow. He is hauled off by the floor manager.
posted by lapolla at 7:19 PM on March 1, 2006
Yeah, but kittens change pitch quickly. Even hourly.
I strongly suggest starting a cattery to supply the piano with cats of various sizes and ages. On one end of the piano you place a kitten. At the other an old, fat and nasty tomcat. Arrange kittens and cats in a gradiated manner betwixt.
The problem with this method is that by the time the kitten has become an old, fat tomcat, it'll be well-poked, more then a little pissed off, and perhaps a little hoarse.
Frankly, I'm dubious that such a piano ever existed. You ever try to put an annoyed cat in a box? How about trying to bring together an annoyed cat and any object with moving parts? I'm thinking that the only music being made during all of this was well-sharpened cat claws singing merrily through soft hu-mon flesh. But bonus points for style and an inventive way to annoy cats should be awarded, regardless.
posted by loquacious at 7:25 PM on March 1, 2006
I strongly suggest starting a cattery to supply the piano with cats of various sizes and ages. On one end of the piano you place a kitten. At the other an old, fat and nasty tomcat. Arrange kittens and cats in a gradiated manner betwixt.
The problem with this method is that by the time the kitten has become an old, fat tomcat, it'll be well-poked, more then a little pissed off, and perhaps a little hoarse.
Frankly, I'm dubious that such a piano ever existed. You ever try to put an annoyed cat in a box? How about trying to bring together an annoyed cat and any object with moving parts? I'm thinking that the only music being made during all of this was well-sharpened cat claws singing merrily through soft hu-mon flesh. But bonus points for style and an inventive way to annoy cats should be awarded, regardless.
posted by loquacious at 7:25 PM on March 1, 2006
Carol of the Meows (iTMS link but the sample is sufficient to get the gist)
posted by smackfu at 7:26 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by smackfu at 7:26 PM on March 1, 2006
Thanks, lapolla, I'd forgotten about the mouse organ sketch.
posted by loquacious at 7:27 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by loquacious at 7:27 PM on March 1, 2006
you are welcome, loquacious... though, how could anyone, ever, forget the mouse organ?
posted by lapolla at 7:29 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by lapolla at 7:29 PM on March 1, 2006
Protocols expresses that catgut still present within cat gut
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:29 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:29 PM on March 1, 2006
Oh wow, the guys who did Carol of the Meows (Guster) actually remade one of their albums as a meow-mix and you can buy it on iTMS. How about that?
posted by smackfu at 7:30 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by smackfu at 7:30 PM on March 1, 2006
Thirteenkiller, must you continually wipe the balls of Protocols on request? Have you no self-respect?
posted by rob paxon at 7:36 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by rob paxon at 7:36 PM on March 1, 2006
I like his balls and also I have self-respect
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:40 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:40 PM on March 1, 2006
That's OK -- I have enough self-respect for the both of us.
posted by rob paxon at 7:41 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by rob paxon at 7:41 PM on March 1, 2006
I said I have self-respect!
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:48 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:48 PM on March 1, 2006
I like his balls and also I have self-respect
For this portion of the test, deconstruct and analyze the above sentence for self-contradiction. Use no more then one paragraph for your response. For 5 extra credit points indicate the typo.
posted by loquacious at 7:55 PM on March 1, 2006
For this portion of the test, deconstruct and analyze the above sentence for self-contradiction. Use no more then one paragraph for your response. For 5 extra credit points indicate the typo.
posted by loquacious at 7:55 PM on March 1, 2006
Oh sorry Thirteen, I misread through your fiction right to reality. :]
posted by rob paxon at 7:57 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by rob paxon at 7:57 PM on March 1, 2006
loquacious, are you trying to steal my thunder? Don't play Zeus like that.
posted by rob paxon at 7:58 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by rob paxon at 7:58 PM on March 1, 2006
I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their piano, or why.
posted by mendel at 8:00 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by mendel at 8:00 PM on March 1, 2006
The why is for the simple pleasure of it all. As for the how, I am currently googling for a step-by-step instructional.
posted by rob paxon at 8:02 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by rob paxon at 8:02 PM on March 1, 2006
So that's where the idea for Marvin Suggs and his Amazing Muppaphone came from.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:03 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:03 PM on March 1, 2006
Today they use teenage poptarts instead.
Same effect though.
posted by HTuttle at 8:17 PM on March 1, 2006
Same effect though.
posted by HTuttle at 8:17 PM on March 1, 2006
Uh oh, catfight!
posted by loquacious at 8:53 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by loquacious at 8:53 PM on March 1, 2006
Rob you're just jealous.
posted by thirteenkiller at 9:02 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 9:02 PM on March 1, 2006
It's all about thirteenkiller's self-esteem issues.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:22 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:22 PM on March 1, 2006
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posted by painquale at 11:02 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by painquale at 11:02 PM on March 1, 2006
Here is that Meow Mix cat you were looking for, rob paxon... but I don't think she would appreciate a nail in her tail!
posted by Scram at 11:38 PM on March 1, 2006
posted by Scram at 11:38 PM on March 1, 2006
Great post!
posted by onlyconnect at 3:32 AM on March 2, 2006
posted by onlyconnect at 3:32 AM on March 2, 2006
mr_crash_davis: That song was only annoying before. Now it will be hilarious. Until the joke gets old. Thanks, I think.
posted by raedyn at 7:15 AM on March 2, 2006
posted by raedyn at 7:15 AM on March 2, 2006
I have been working on a new version of the "baby" grand piano. It's just difficult to get those babies to scream in tune.
posted by MotherTucker at 9:40 AM on March 2, 2006
posted by MotherTucker at 9:40 AM on March 2, 2006
That's why god made so many of them. You'll eventually find at least an octave's worth.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:01 AM on March 2, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:01 AM on March 2, 2006
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Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a meowlody
And you've got us feeling all right
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:09 PM on March 1, 2006