Ever played a cat torture piano?

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.

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Sounds very evil but interesting.

Egads, people are cruel and hilarious. But I do in fact know one or two people that wouldn't laugh at this. I'm probably not one of them.

I can play the piano. That sounds like fun to play and torture something at the same time

Its no fun without video footage or an MP3 to hear :(

Oh MY!

As a cat lover I very much disapprove of this device and the sicko who invented it!

I bet it's not real -- the Phone Company would never allow something that awful to happen.