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A memorable piano recital
How to win the audience
A promising# American pianist gave a concert# in the chamber# music roo
m of a hotel.# The recital# was barely# begun when the artist# discover
ed that the D key# of the treble# clef began to stick repeatedly.# As l
uck# would have it his programme# comprised a prelude# and fugue in D m
inor.# There was also a problem# with the piano stool# which had been o
iled# so enthusiastically# that the pianist suddenly# found himself swi
velling# round to face the audience.# Abandoning# the piece he moved# o
n to a fantasia# in G minor, at which point# the G key of the bass# cle
f also stuck.# To try to free# the notes# the virtuoso kicked# the pian
o vigorously# with the result# that the piano's right# leg broke# and t
he whole# instrument tilted# through thirty degrees.# Hereupon he rose,
bowed# and left the stage#, only to return# a few seconds later with a
fire axe# in his hand, with which he demolished# the piano to rapturou
s# applause.
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