Show POSING AT THE PIANO that should I ook effective while when was in new york he was calling at a prominent wall street man s home in fifth avenue when the broker told him he would like to have his opinion of his daughters playing says the new york journal the great pianist courteously replied that nothing would give him greater pleasure after the young lady had dashed off several selections said to get the greatest enjoyment from the piano the music must not only be heard but the performer should be seen the performer should therefore be careful of his or her position at the instrument 1 I will be frank with you and say that I 1 preferred to see rather than hear your daughter play I 1 might better say that I 1 looked more than I 1 listened she held herself correctly there is nothing I 1 hate more than a listless careless posture of the body while then there was life in her touch her fingers fairly sparkled as they ran over the board and touched the keys rebounding from them with a snap that was exhilarating to behold her manner of using her hands and her elbowing if I 1 may so call it showed proper training also 1 I will therefore add that my sense of hearing would have been equally delighted doubtless if my bense of bight had not been so completely monopolized I 1 complimented the young lady on her accomplishment there is wisdom in that said the broker in repeating the conversation teachers of the piano should give far more attention to this matter than they now do |