NEW PIANO-PLAYING RECORD.
i ♦ [bY telegraph — mEss association.] WESTPORT, sth December. Mr. Edward Travis, R.A.M., succeeded on Saturday night in regaining the world's championship in piano-playing endurance. He beat the record recently put up by J. S. Stirton, of Westport, by three minutes, the x new record beir.g 60 hours 20 minutes. Travis played with a good deal of vigour to the enrl. One. of the pieces played just on time was "Tho Storm." There was a :nige gathering of the public, and much enthusiasm was shown when Travis passed Stirton's record. '
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1909, Page 2
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92NEW PIANO-PLAYING RECORD. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1909, Page 2
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