PIANO-PLAYING RECORD.
EIGHTY-SIX HOURS ON END. INVERCARGILL, May 14. James S. Stirton, .an endurance pianoplayer, finished a feat on Saturday night which, it is claimed, constitutes a world's record for endurance piano-play-ing. Stirton, whose performance was supervised by a local committee, commenced playing at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and by 11 o'clock on Saturday night he had been playing continuously for _B6 hours. He finished strongly at five minutes past 11, amidst great excitement on the part of some 600 people who had assembled in the hall. Stirton, though a little haggard looking, was apparently none the worse for his selfinflicted ordeal, and was warmly cheered at the conclusion of a brisk address to his audience.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2983, 17 May 1911, Page 68
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117PIANO-PLAYING RECORD. Otago Witness, Issue 2983, 17 May 1911, Page 68
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