Mimi is reading a record book and discovers that a guy just broke a record for playing the longest note on a oboe while dancing on a tightrope. It turns out that the original recordholder was Fughetta Faffner's cousin Finkel who set the record in 1853. Fughetta Faffner tells Mimi and Riff that over the years there's been a long tradition of Faffners setting music records. But she thinks that's over since Farkas Faffner hates music. And the record for playing the longest note on a oboe while dancing on a tightrope, was the last remaining Faffner record. Mimi and Riff decides to carry on the tradition, even though they are not Faffners.