A PIANIST’S HANDS.
MASSAGE AND HOT WATER. How any great pianoforte player keeps his hands supple has often been a matter for wonder, but M. Paderewski, the king of pianists, has revealed the whole secret. “The night before I play, I turn my hands over to my valet, and he rubs my fingers until they tingle,” declares M. Paderewski. “Then I take one finger after the other, and turn and twist it in tl palm of my hand, always turning the one way. That makes the fingers supple, and keeps the knuckles in good working order. Then I rub the palm of each hand, very hard—as hard as I can stand it. 'Just before I go on the platform to play I -have a basin of hot water brought to my dressing room. In this I immerse my hands. Hot! yl should say s,o; just about as hot as it is p~-—for a man to stand it.”
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15922, 10 September 1923, Page 5
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