Puns

A famous German pianist arrived in the U.S. several days before his concert. Upon sitting at the concert grand in the music hall, he played several notes. He walked away and refused to touch the piano again until his beloved tuner and technician from Germany, Johan Opporknockity, was summoned to make the piano right. Mr. Opporknockity was flown to the states and set to work on the piano. At last, hours later, the finishing touches were in place. The pianist played the piano and found it "perfect."

Early on the morning of the day on which the concert was to take place, the pianist came to rehearse. When he began to practice, something was wrong. Something had happened to the piano! He found out that the stage hands had moved the piano in order to replace some floodlights above. The pianist was outraged and insisted that the beloved Johan Opporknockity be flown back to the states to set all right with the piano before the evening concert. The in-house tuner simply would not do!

All involved with the concert knew that there was no way around it. They contacted Opporknockity at his home in Germany, explaining the circumstances. Opporknockity responded by saying, "The Maestro should know better than anyone... Opporknockity tunes but once!"
 
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