Episode 104 : Music Is More Than Technique Mimi approaches Riff with exciting news : the violinist virtuoso , Piganini , has booked some recording studio time in town ! Mimi and Riff rush to the recording studio , where a tiger is engineering a recording session for Julia Fordham . Midway through the song , Julia sighs , " I ' m sorry , but this song really needs an audience . " Suddenly a white - haired pig in a tuxedo enters the booth , claiming he needs to use the studio to test out his Stradivarius . This is none other than Piganini himself ! He and Julia get into a quibble over who needs to use the studio more , when Mimi invites him over to Faffner Hall , explaining that they can record the upcoming " scales " concert he will give . But first , all three of them stay to make up the audience for Julia ' s song , " My Little Secret . " Piganini is intrigued by the fact that Julia likes singing songs more than scales . When they arrive at Faffner Hall , they are greeted by a few Grunt - bags ( paper bags who grunt ) . Piganini marvels at the beauty of the stage he will be performing on . Fughetta and the Wild Impresario overhear him playing his D major scale . They wonder where it ' s coming from , until the Grunt - bags show up and " let the news right out of the bag " that Piganini is here . Wild happily exclaims , " The proceeds from this concert will be able to pay all our bills ! " Once Piganini finishes playing , Mimi asks what he will play at the concert . She and Riff are disappointed to find out that he will only play scales , whether he plays them fast or slow - they would rather hear him play a piece of music . He asks them to play a piece of music first , and they play Mimi ' s latest instrumental piece , " Toodle - oo For Two " with Mimi on sax and Riff on piano . Halfway through the song , Piganini dashes away , embarrassed and insulted . While mumbling of his plight , he passes Farkas in the boiler room . Farkas , who loves to see his tenants suffer , won ' t tell Mimi and Riff where Piganini went off to . At the ticket booth , Wild announces that the tickets are sold out , which disappoints the crowd of Frackles , penguins and chickens . Fughetta and Wild could not be more pleased about the profits , until Mimi and Riff rush in , looking for Piganini , who seems to be gone . Meanwhile , a janitor encounters Piganini hiding in the broom closet . He confesses he is afraid of the audience , because they want him to play " music " , when scales are all he knows . The janitor instructs Piganini how to turn scales into music , as he plays " Pig Foot Shuffle " on his guitar . Before you know it , they ' re in a jam session . When it ' s over , Piganini tells the janitor that he reminds him of Ry Cooder ( whom it really is ) , which the janitor finds confusing : " Ry who ? " Mimi , Riff and Wild are all in a depressed state , until Piganini enters the room with a newfound confidence . The show is ready to go on . . . but Farkas has a trick up his sleeve . He approaches Piganini in his dressing room , and informs him that Faffner Hall does indeed have a ghost - just like he feared earlier . Farkas then coaxes the giddy Fughetta to go to Piganini and wish him luck ( which , he hopes , will scare him out of his pigskin ) . When Fughetta enters , he runs away , but to Farkas ' dismay , he runs towards the stage . Everyone cheers as he enters the stage , and upon finding out that the ghost he fears is actually a fan of his , he proceeds to play an elaborate expansion of the scales he could only play until now , accompanied by Riff on piano . He even invites Fughetta to join in with her harp , and they all make beautiful music together .