The soroban must be used on a horizontal table.
One of the hands is used for operating on the soroban, the other one is on the table to fix
The sign of number zero on the soroban. Look at the soroban! 
 

 

None of the balls touches the cross bar.
The right finger usage for reprezentation of numbers.
(Later you can see it on a whole picture.)
Youcan see how to operate on the soroban while you are holding a writing implement in your hand. It is easy to get accusomed to use only two fingers to move the balls.
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