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    One Armed Keyboardist

    Could the Rick Allen thing actually happen with someone like Keith Emerson, Jon Lord, etc? Foot pedals and stuff?

    Probably matters which arm is gone......

    Just theorizing here.
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    The Drummer of Def Leppard played with one arm and foot pedals.

    One of the New Trolls leaders Plays Keys with one arm, he was a guitarist before.

    A guy from Lazuli build his own Instrument (Leode) to be played with one arm (a sort of Touch Guitar)

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    Well, here's a one-handed pianist and a one-handed flautist, all in one person...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheLoony View Post
    Could the Rick Allen thing actually happen with someone like Keith Emerson, Jon Lord, etc? Foot pedals and stuff?

    Probably matters which arm is gone......

    Just theorizing here.
    Many composers have written pieces for piano left hand. The original intent was to show off, "look what I can do with just my left hand!" But they port very well to pianists who lost their right arm/hand.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sturgeon's Lawyer View Post
    Well, here's a one-handed pianist and a one-handed flautist, all in one person...

    Thijs van Leer has done that for decades.
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    Ravel wrote this piece for a pianist who returned from 1. world war with only one arm.



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_...t_Hand_(Ravel)

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    Quote Originally Posted by progmatist View Post
    Many composers have written pieces for piano left hand. The original intent was to show off, "look what I can do with just my left hand!" But they port very well to pianists who lost their right arm/hand.

    Several pianoconcerts for left hand, were ordered by pianist Paul Wittgenstein (the older brother of Ludwig Wittgenstein), who list his right arm in WWI.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wittgenstein

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    Rahsaan Roland Kirk lost the use of his 2nd and 3rd mouths, so he had to play his three saxes with just the one.

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    Back on point, I recall being very impressed by this guy playing xylophone with one hand and the trumpet with his other hand on Macca’s homage to oral sex - or more specifically a position that facilitates oral sex:

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