My dear Mr. Kemp:
It is indeed gratifying to report the remarkable success of the Course in AUTOMATIC FINGER CONTROL. The Sixth edition is exhausted, and I am placing a requisition for the Seventh.
There was never any question as to the unusual benefits that each student would derive from this new, quick way of learning his instrument. It is a fact established by tests and experience that training the muscles to work as fast as the brain—and training them away from the instrument so that the pupil has only this one thing to think about—does away with many hours of practice and develops a more perfect technique.
But the thing that pleases me most, is to see the way our students have taken hold of the work. It seems to me typical of the Spirit of Progress. People want the very best they can obtain in the way of instruction. They want to take advantage of every short-cut. And that shows great wisdom. Money can be replaced many fold. Books can be replaced. Homes can be replaced. Every material thing can be duplicated. But TIME, once spent is forever lost. It is the young man and woman who takes advantage of those things which save the minutes and hours and days who make the startling successes in the world.
So I feel that we are doing a great service to Humanity at large, and to every lover of Music in particular in bringing AUTOMATIC FINGER CONTROL to the fore. Indeed, I believe we would be justified in insisting that every one of our students—beginners or advanced—cover the work.
Every student who conscientiously follows the easy exercises outlined in this course is assured of becoming a better Musician in shorter time, with less effort, and a real Musician—not a mere player.
Cordially yours,
HPL:V
Automatic Finger Control