From our One for the Missus bureau:
Absolutely hilarious piece on BBC radio yesterday (audio here, around 49:15) about a “cat organ” recital for Prince Charles at a London eco-festival. The instrument is a row of 16 “model” (or maybe “modal”) cats, “each of [which] is capable of meowing, within reasonable tolerances, of a two-octave diatonic scale,” according to cat maestro Henry Dagg.
After assuring listeners that no cats were harmed in the making of the instrument, Beeb presenter Claire Bolderson says to Dagg:
“And what do you do, you squeeze the cat, do you?”
As with so much BBC material, it’s priceless. At least Prince Charles thought so.
Heard this report on NPR as well. Thanks for the video!
Prince Charles: he truly is the epitome of the classic British “twit”, and in oh-so-many ways!