<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 = transitional//en"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Thanks Matthew - Just what I wanted = - I knew it went something like that - Brian</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV>-----Original = Message----- From: Matthew Todd <<A = href="mailto:mtodd@pianotech88.com">mtodd@pianotech88.com</A>> <B= >To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Date: Wednesday, 22 December 1999 16:06 Subject: Re: It's oh = so easy! </DIV>Once, when an acquaintance praised Bach's wonderful skill as an organist, he replied with characteristic = humility and wit:  "There is nothing very wonderful about it.  = Youn have only to hit the right notes at the right moment and the instrument = does the rest." Quoted from "The Spiritual Lives of Great Composers" Written by Patrick Kavanaugh   Matthew Brian Holden wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE = CITE> To the list One of most noteable understatements of all time must come from J.S. Bach = was once said  "There's nothing special about playing the = piano.  You just put your fingers on the right keys and the piano plays itself." (or words to that effect).  Can anyone tell = me what his exact statement was? Brian = Holden</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>