Bent Axen

Say the name Bent Axen and a phrase comes to mind, spoken by a European musician, perhaps Scandinavian, standing at the luggage complaint counter and reporting that his instrument has been mashed in transit. While every professional musician gets his own "bent axen" at some point, only certain details in this scenario actually ring true. Bent Axen was a musician and he was Scandinavian, Danish to be exact. But since his instrument of choice was piano, that put him in the slim ranks of players whose axes are provided for them by venues. But it is all a Bent Axen in the end, sin...