Fingerless Pianist (1933)

Australia (?). Titles read: “FINGERLESS PIANIST - Here’s a really novel idea from ’down under’ invented by an ingenious fellow who lost his fingers.“ The song played by the man’s contraption is “The Stars and Stripes Forever“ by Sousa. M/S of two men at piano. One man plays briefly. The other man leans against piano, he clearly has a numerous fingers missing from his left hand. He tells the man that he can play a bit himself. The sat down one looks quite surprised given the state of his hand. The man pulls out a metal tube with prongs on it. He sits down and plays a piece of music with the aid of the device which he simply holds in hands whilst the prongs hit the correct keys. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which inc