We were playing a festival in 1971 as an old-time string band. I was an aspiring fiddler and the other members had decided that I was finally good enough to play onstage.
The big moment came, I picked up my fiddle, walked to the mike, tucked fiddle beneath chin, raised my bow,...and the fingerboard fell off!
First the band-led by the regular fiddler- started laughing, then the audience joined in. Soon everyone was alaughing including me. I put the fiddle away, picked up my giutar, and we did something elas.
The great fiddler, Tommy Jarrel was in the audience and he told me after the show that he had never seen that happen in all his years of playing. When I asked him what he would have done, he shrugged and said," Same as you probably."

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