The Flute of Shame - punishment for bad musicianship

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In the mid-twentieth century, offending "musicians," also known as "harp players," were frequently accosted by actual musicians and strapped into this contraption:

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Often for days. Extreme offenders were also taken to a local pond and set adrift in what is known as the "Boat of Fail."

Prior to that, in the earlier part of the last century, this device was applied to the malfeasors:

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However, the general populace found that a tad too harsh. Or too funny. It is unclear.
 
So they clamped down a musician's fingers on a flute?

Hate to think what they would have done with a Kazoo...
 
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