Band, you always hear strange stories coming from it. You can’t deny that you’ve never heard a story that started with:
This one time at band camp!

Yep, band kids tend to be strange, I have first hand expirence at that. And when you have band camp, a bassoon, and a couple kids who like to play pranks, you get some pretty strange stories.

Marching practice. Day four of band camp. First rest break of the day. All the instruments have been put to the side. Against one of the trees leans a bassoon. Well, when you play a prank, you have to the the victim pretty well, which they did. The little trio snuck up on the bassoon, making sure not to be seen.

“Will this work?” One asked

“Of course. I already have the reed made!” Another said, pulling out a very good imitation of the bassoon’s double reed. “Made it out of clarinet reeds, took a heck of a lot of super glue.”

The trio took off the real double reed, quickly replacing it. For the rest of the day, the poor bassoonist was squeaking. Poor chap!