Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 22

SB CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Wed-June 16 1876' the age learn to play the piano Super naturals Topping off for summer are a whole range of big tops often with flared or roll-ap oleeves In a variety of fabrics from natural gaazo sad crlnhle eottoa to easy-enro polyester Embroidery adds a colorful uoto (uear right) while ombre otripea aud tueks dress up those at far right a short time if been taught properly" Group piano is another fairly recent innovation in adult piano teaching methodology It originated with great success in the elementary schools and has been steadily growing in popularity as an ideal way to teach students of all ages Fred Colby 64 of Crystal Lake III- began playing because an old grand piano came with a house he bought "Then about three years ago" he recalls was walking past a music store and saw a sign 'Piano Lessons Given' I stop to think I just went in and signed up" Colby has long since traded in his old piano for a brand new one He takes lessons every week and says he loves to play semi-classics and old favorites "I try to practice an hour a day I get entranced with my own music and suddenly the hour is Piano teachers who work with them realize that adults' practice time is limited "If an adult is going to pay out his own money for lessons he's going to put all the time he can into practicing" says Chicago teacher Muriel Rufton whose pupils include housewives doctors cab drivers carpenters and secretaries CHICAGO (AP) Acrou America adults by the pouiand are taking piano lessoni they missed out on ip kids and loving it no matter what their age according to the National Piano Manufacturers Association good example is the 91-year-old student whom Veteran Buffalo NY piano teacher Irving Shire recently taught to improvise on the Instrument "He was my student when he was 88" says Shire "I told him he was Just the right age to study piano" He id just one of thousands of adults across the country who are discovering that their age is the "right" age The piano has long enjoyed the honor of being the iiost popular instrument in the United States More than 200000 new pianos are sold every year according nt the association and of the nearly 38 million amateur musicians in this country 47 per cent are pianists 3t is not surprising then that adults who turn to rinisic in their leisure time often turn to the piano When they do in for a very pleasant sur-plise Gone are the endless scales and exercises once thought to be the only starting point for beginning piano students start right in teaching little pieces to my adult students" says Eva Rautenberg of Buffalo "There ate special books for adults who have never had lessons with adaptations of familiar compositions" lTo their delight many adults who have studied a fairly short time find themselves in demand at parties "People are really anxious to find someone who play in social says teacher Carol Murrey of Minneapolis "They like to stand around and sing The way piano is taught today students 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