Playing the piano

I've been catching up on reading other folks blog-posts in the last hour
or so, including Jo(e)'s latest post on learning the piano. This reminded
me of a funny story one of my friends told me recently.

He'd been to see a consultant hand surgeon in Nottingham, following surgery
he'd just had, to straighten out two fingers of his right hand.

He asked the surgeon: "Will I be able to play the piano better now, Doctor?"
"Why, yes, most certainly."
"Oh, that's very good news. I couldn't play the piano beforehand!"