Music: Mittened Pianist

The chief thing that distinguishes Henry ("Scotty") Scott, 26, from thousands of other medium-blond, medium-sized young men is his ability to play the piano wearing mittens. As a youth at Syracuse University, he intended to be a serious concert pianist, until a winter day when he went indoors from skating with hands so freezing cold that he kept on his mittens to practice his scales.

Henry Scott, who likes best to be called "Scotty," now wears mittens winter & summer when he plays the piano, claims that as his fingers perspire they become increasingly agile....

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