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Music reaches new heights

The Scottish clan of McDoogal, patrons of classical music for hundreds of years, have added a new achievement to their list of musical accomplishments. It was the idea of Cousin Sean to try out the heights of the highlands for acoustic qualities. How does one test the musical properties of mountain ridges one might ask? Quite simple, one places a grand piano at the very peak of the highest landmass in the Scottish region and one plays for an audience of sheep and mount goats. If the sounds can be heard down in the glades, and if the good town folk experience the notes as pleasant, then the long deceased members of the McDoogal family can finally rest in their stone crypts. Sean, the lyre as he is known locally has chartered a moving company to hoist his father's piano to the very top of the 4,418-foot Ben Nevis. Foreman Roger, known for his large hands and large hoisting equipment laughed at the proposition, but decided to take the offer seriously when informed of the vast fortune of the McDoogals. With all of Roger’s compliment and every bit of tackle found in his workshop he set out with the piano. It took them a short week but apparently there now stands on Ben Nevis a shining grand piano, complete with foot stool. Cousin Sean was not immediately available for comment, since he was off to find some sheet music in his father’s castle. Roger however did provide some insights into the adventure: “My guess is that nobody will ever know its there. They will probably find the bloody thing under a pile of rubble in about a hundred years or so”, this according to Sean, who after the interview claims no knowledge of the affair.

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