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What is the funniest prank you know about, concerning classical music?
When I was a very immature 13 year old, I went into a music shop. It wasn’t the classical shop, but the one which sold electric guitars and drum sets. Looking serious, I said, “I’d like to buy a Stradivarius violin. Do you have them?”
The clerk said “No, but we can get one for you, Come back next week.” I decided it would be kinder not to go back.
The next year, still immature, I went in again and asked for an Amati viola. Got the same answer. Didn’t pursue it and grew up a little.
Do you have any good stories?
I’d heard about the trampoline joke for Tosca. Makes me giggle still.
Love the shotgun 1812
There’s a story floating around about an orchestra performing in a gymnasium. They planned the 1812 overture but couldn’t get cannons in the gym, so they asked a few hunters to fire shotguns instead. The moment came, the hunters aimed their guns at the ceiling and fired, and at that moment someone let a dead duck which had been put there earlier fall down into the audience. Very Bugs-Bunnyesque 
The Glory of Cremona: A Violin by Nicolo Amati
