Show CHANGING PIANIST an incidental that proved iterating Iter etIng As interesting as anything ive seca in this to town said a visitor to the city was a change cf ef pianists ts that I 1 saw in a variety theater there was a man on the stage singing a son song and the pianist was playing tho the accompaniment I 1 hap tho the pianist glancing to tho the bened to see left once and I 1 looked look ed in that direction I 1 down thoA tho aisle 1810 a myself and saw COMI coming ng that I 1 must bo ie ohp re relief lief pi pl man janist anis t and n nd F go 0 he fmc I 1 ima ined that I 1 46 I 1 ha aou would M sit sown tor a it moment t ami wait but dear mo me I 1 was very slow 11 ho II was as approaching the piano at tho the bass end of tho keyboard when he bad almost reached the corner corne of the piano the man who was playing began gently sliding off the seat to the right still playing by this timo time the relief was abreast of tho the bass keys and these the first player who was vas still sliding steadily to the right now relinquished to him and then the newcomer still standing out but also moving steadily to the right struck in in perfect time and tune there was a brief time a second or two when both men were playing the retiring pianist tho the treble and the oncoming player the bass and for a fraction of a second they were both standing but now the new player is fairly opposite tho the center of the keyboard ile settles into the scat seat and now it is bis his hand that strikes tho the treble and now the whole piano resounds to his resolute touch in fact there never was a minute when the piano had anything to say about it there never was a minute when the men were not completely masters of the situation there never was an instant from the time the relief approached pro ached until ho be was firmly settled in his scat when both menbere men were not continuously in motion but the change was made without a jar or a slur in the music and without the omission of a note new now york sun |