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my one-man orchestra, for you've seen and heard that orchestra per-
form often enough to know all about it. I'm getting along in years,
but still the invitations continue to come for me to give programs at
different places. My broken fingers were my incentive to make the
inventions that enable me to play duets with myself, and it was that
accident that led me to learn to play the piano and other instruments
with my feet. You've seen me play piano, drums, bells, bones, harp,
xylophone, and all the other small instruments that I use in my
orchestra, and for different effects.

"I'll always be interested in the piano business. Music is
a business and a pleasure that means more and more as the years come
and go. Old age does not present too bad a prospect when you can face
it with pleasant memories and plenty of music."

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