Sheila von Clavichord was a fabulous concert pianist. She was also a fabulous violinist, although piano was her forte. Her concert tickets always sold out within hours of the booking office opening. The catch was that no one knew when they bought a ticket which of the two instruments she would play. She never played both at the same concert; it was either piano or violin for the whole evening.
Mr. Grant Officer was fortunate enough to lay his hands on a ticket. He turned up to the concert venue with a great deal of anticipation. Would she play violin or piano? The venue filled. The doors were shut. The concert began.
Sheila von Clavichord had barely intoned the second chord of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C Sharp Minor when the piano lid crashed down onto her fingers. As the review in the paper the next morning said: She can put the lid on her career. That’ll teach the silly person not to have chosen to play the violin.
Clever, clever!
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Thanks Noelle – I almost didn’t post it because the creative well is dry. I’m trying to drag myself to 2500 stories!
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What’s the name of that musical instrument you play by passing your hands through an electrical ( I think) field? She could master that.
It must be so difficult dragging yourself to that target, BA.
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I think I have heard of it (not Heard as in Depp)…
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I have a photo of that Heard lass and Johnny in a little calle in Venice. Their love was sparkling new at that stage. I waited until they passed me and took a rear view shot, but you can still tell it’s the Depp lad.
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I thought you were one to never get behind in things.
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By the way, the title of your post was clever.
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Thanks, I wondered if people would get it.
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Got it … theremin is the instrument.
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It seems the story is more about obnoxious journalism than the pianist-violinist.
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I think maybe you’re right – to be honest I wasn’t overly sure what the story was about!
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I think you just wanted to use that line, Bruce.
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It may have been on my brain!
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