I think this is rather clever.  It is full of good puns.  One has to 
know music, a bit, to catch some of them.

earlier, David Stahl, wrote:
>Sharon, what off-key, out-of-tune person wrote this?  LOL!
>April's Dave in Ohio
>  2 Timothy 4:2 - Preach the word; be instant in season, out of 
> season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:57 PM
>Subject: For the Music Lover
>
>
>   Whoever wrote this must have been smoking a pitch pipe!
>     A fable: Facing the music
>   C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says: "Sorry, but we
>don't
>   serve minors."
>  So the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open  fifth   between
>them.
>   After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and the G is out flat.
>  An F  comes   in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp
>enough.
>A D comes  into   the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying,
>   "Excuse me. I'll just be a second."
>Then an A comes into the bar, but the   bartender is not convinced that this
>relative of C is not a minor.
>   Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and
>exclaims,   "Get out now. You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar
>tonight."
>   The E-flat, not easily deflated, comes back to the bar the next night in a
>3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender (who used to have a
>corporate job until his company downsized) says, "You're looking sharp
>tonight,   come on in! This could be a major development."
>   Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he's under a
>rest.
>   C   is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the diminution
>of  a   minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an upscale
>correctional facility.
>On appeal, however, C is found innocent of any
>   wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are
>bass-less.
>   The bartender decides that since he's only had tenors for patrons, with
>the   soprano out in the bathroom, and everything has become alto much
>treble,
>  he   needs a rest ... and closes the bar.
>Sharon

John