Riddle of the Pianist's Fingers: And Its Relationship to a Touch-Scheme

Here is a terrific book on piano technique that has been used by pianists for many years. Contents: The controlled key descent The skeleton The muscles Outline of mechanics Weight Contra fixation movement Trans-weight, trans-pressure, and trans-fixation movements The finger The pedagogy of contra-fixation movement The pedagogy of finger coordination The pedagogy of the trans-movements The pedagogy of weight Rotary movements Tone quality The use of the various touch forms Theodor Leschetizky Tobias Matthay Rudolf Maria Breithaupt Otto Ortmann