He frequently played chords with straight fingers, and the little finger of his right hand was often curled up until it needed to play a note; to Harold C. Schonberg, "it was like a strike of a cobra."
O sıklıkla akorları düz parmakla çalardı, ve sağ elindeki serçe parmağı nota çalacağı zaman sıklıkla bükülürdü; Harold C. Schonberg'e göre "bir kobranın saldırısı gibiydi."