Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much for one Negro drummer from the Charles Young Post of Charlotte, N. C. Swinging his drum to his shoulder, he dropped out of line, mopping a wet brow. He craned his neck at the Selfridge Field planes and with a sigh, sank to a resting position on his instrument. The crowd swallowed...
...interested in your write-up on p. 27 of your issue of April 25 in connection with Mr. Berlin's playing of the piano. I was familiar of course with the fact that he was unfamiliar with the instrument but I am wondering why he picked out as the only key he could manage that of F sharp. As you know this key is in six sharps, one of which is not even a black note, and I am surprised that someone merely picking out melodies by ear would select such a difficult key to play...
...also interested to know something about the sliding keyboard and what is meant by the effect of playing another key. The piano as you know is an instrument on which, due to its construction and temperament, there is no difference between the effect of keys other than that ot pitch...
...Thacker, an M. D. and onetime Army lieutenant, was also charged with murder. He fled. With his wife and instrument case he got into a sedan and disappeared in the direction of Mexico...
...less hazardous. Commonest is the taking of drugs to cause contraction of the uterus, expulsion of the fetus. The danger of this method is that enough of a drug to cause an abortion is almost invariably harmful. Abortion may also be brought about by the insertion of an instrument. A danger of this is that the placenta may not be expelled, that its retention may cause septicemia and death. Legitimate abortion is brought about by curettage, a delicate operation requiring a skilled surgeon. Miscarriage may also be induced by manipulation, by heat (rays), by violent exertion...