The possessor of this was a type of presumption, vulgarity, and coarseness, and understood how to make an impression on his pupils and their parents by the assumption of extraordinary ability.

He consequently enjoyed a certain consideration.
He was, moreover, a good musician, and played the violin tolerably in accompanying the piano, in Beethoven's opus 17 and 24.

In this portrait you have a specimen of the violinist as a piano teacher.

Of course he understood nothing of piano-playing, and took no interest in Wieck's rubbish about beauty of tone; he cared only for Beethoven.

He now and then tried to sprawl out a few examples of fingering, in a spider-like fashion; but they were seldom successful.