guy who invented the piano: what if we laid a harp on its side and added hammers
musician: you clumsy oaf, you just knocked over my harp with your toolbox!
guy who’s about to invent the piano: oh, haven’t you heard?
how dare you take this mediocre shitpost and make it genuinely funny
It’s even funnier, because the harpsichord predated the piano, so it was more like
guy who invented the piano: We already have a sideways harp…. but what if hit strings with hammers instead of pluck them?!