{"id":163,"date":"2008-09-23T16:39:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T16:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2017-06-02T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T12:30:18","slug":"chico-and-harpo-marx-at-the-piano-in-a-duet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/chico-and-harpo-marx-at-the-piano-in-a-duet-163\/","title":{"rendered":"2x Marx at the Piano in a Duet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard Marx, known as Chico and Arthur Marx (previously Adolph Marx), popularly known as Harpo Marx were two of the Marx Brothers.<br \/>\nGroucho Marx one time said that Chico never practiced the pieces he played. Before performances he would soak his fingers in hot water before going on instead.<br \/>\nHe was known for &#8220;shooting&#8221; the keys of the piano. As part of the act he would play passages with his thumb up and index finger straight \u2014 like a gun (he appears in the film &#8220;A Year to Remember&#8221; (1948) playing an extraordinary &#8220;shooting&#8221; version of the famous Australian song \u201dWaltzing Matilda\u201d to a group of Australian soldiers).<\/p>\n<p>Another charming example of his keyboard flamboyance is found in the film \u201dA Night at the Opera\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pbUrsot6oeY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard Marx, known as Chico and Arthur Marx (previously Adolph Marx), popularly known as Harpo Marx were two of the Marx Brothers. Groucho Marx one time said that Chico never practiced the pieces he played. Before performances he would soak his fingers in hot water before going on instead. 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