ENDURANCE PLAYING.
Levin Augusta;. Albert Burley, pianist to the Max Picture Company, began a piano-playing andu ranee test at Levin at 6 o’clock Saturday morning. A committee of citizens is supervising the performance. Burley will try to break the world’s record by playing continuously for sixty-five hours. Levin, August 29. Albert Burley, while attempting to establish a new record of endurance in piano-playing, fell from his stool at 4 o’clock this morning, after completing 40 hours' continuous playing. The extremely cold weather enfeebled him, apart from the strain of persistent playing.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 885, 30 August 1910, Page 3
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91ENDURANCE PLAYING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 885, 30 August 1910, Page 3
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