The Hands That Stayed on the Keys

Margaret Ellington taught piano in her living room in Savannah for forty-one years. She never once slapped a student's hand for hitting a wrong note. Instead, when twelve-year-old David fumbled through a Chopin nocturne, Margaret would slide beside him on the bench, place her weathered hands over his, and guide his fingers to the right keys. "Feel that?" she'd whisper.…