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When big hands and fingers play unwanted notes

After 6'4" Big Mike sits snugly in front of my Baldwin grand--his knees crushing in on him, he's thoroughly prepared to avoid a set of land mines that trigger a wrong note implosion. Normally when his mega-sized third finger depresses a G, wedged between framing black notes, he's at HUGE risk to strike TWO notes… Continue reading When big hands and fingers play unwanted notes