When one has a lyre it is meant to be made use of.

And then Mimi has a burning thirst for boots." "Then," said Schaunard, "you will not be offended with me when you know the source of that Pactolus, the overflowing of which I am awaiting." The following is the history of Schaunard's two hundred francs:-- About a fortnight before he had gone into the shop of a music publisher who had promised to procure him amongst his customers' pupils for pianoforte lessons or pianofortes to tune.
"By Jove!" said the publisher, on seeing him enter the shop, "you are just in time.

A gentleman has been here who wants a pianist; he is an Englishman, and will probably pay well.

Are you really a good one ?" Schaunard reflected that a modest air might injure him in the publisher's estimation.

Indeed, a modest musician, and especially a modest pianist, is a rare creation.