Kernel Nutt and the Piano Tuner (1916)

Kernel Nutt has a run of bad luck and finds himself without the wherewithal to appease his hunger. As he is walking along the street, a black bag falls from an automobile and Nutt secures it. After being mistaken for a doctor, a burglar and a few other things, he finally learns that the bag contains piano tuning instruments. He is sent to the home of a banker whose musically inclined daughter is a thorn in his side, and instructed to tune the piano. When he is finished, the piano is a wreck and the banker's daughter is highly indignant that she is unable to treat her friends to a concert. The visitors find Nutt, who has been in hiding, and hold court to determine what punishment he shall suffer. After deliberating, the jury returns a verdict that Nutt has done the neighborhood a service of wrecking the instrument of torture. They give him a pocket full of money, with which he proceeds to buy out a restaurant.

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Summary Details
Running Time10 min
GenresComedy Short
FilmmakersRole
C.J. Williams Director
Bide Dudley Writer
CastRole
Frank Daniels
Kernel Nutt, a.k.a. Gus the Piano Tuner
Olive Trevor
The Banker's Daughter
William Shea
The Banker
Donald MacBride
The Professor