After Todd Robbin's posting and Robbie's comment on how the monkey
not only steals the organ's show but, in fact, stands as the actual
source of income, I can not help but write something again.

All of this is sure true enough.  Whenever I street-performed here
in North America, the main focus and request I heard was, "Now, where
is your monkey?  Isn't there supposed to be a monkey dancing to your
music?"

Then one day I brought my cat along, just for the heck of it!  Little
did I know how soon people would all of a sudden come off from their
requests and over to threats:  "I'll inform the 'animal protection'
about the abuse you putting that poor little creature through!"

Now -- if I do it with a monkey it's alright?  I just don't get it.

Anyways, I don't see it any further in my heart to compromise my goal
of levitating the respect for the mechanical music as a wonderful
source for concert quality music.  That is what I would like to make
*earned* money with ... rather than living of the pity (or joy!) that
people have towards an animal that -- in my eyes -- was just supposed
to be the sideshow.

It is sad...  Very sad.

greetings by(e) InK - Ingmar Krause
Victoria, B.C., Canada