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Omaha Steve

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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 07:49 AM Sep 2014

AP: Harpist's mellow tone soothes apes at St. Paul zoo (link added)


http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140925/us--gorilla_harpist-f9f21aa1f8.html

By JEFF BAENEN

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Harpist Terri Tacheny long enjoyed taking her young daughters to Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, except for the Primate House, where she thought the gorillas, orangutans and monkeys seemed a little lethargic.

Her solution: A little music.

Now Tacheny, 57, a zoo volunteer, plays once a month for an appreciative audience that ambles down to the barrier as soon as Tacheny begins setting up her beautifully carved wooden harp. She's been doing it for nearly a decade.

"I don't speak gorilla, but there's a gorilla purr that occurs when I begin to play. And that's their happy sound," Tacheny said.

FULL story at link.



In this Aug. 27, 2014 photo Terri Tacheny plays her harp outside the Primate House at Como Zoo in in St. Paul, Minn. Tacheny, 57, a zoo volunteer, plays once a month for an appreciative audience that ambles down to their barrier as soon as Tacheny begins setting up her harp. She{2019}s been doing it for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)
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AP: Harpist's mellow tone soothes apes at St. Paul zoo (link added) (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2014 OP
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