_Departmental Memo._
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,
_H. P. Longstreet._