Word: piano
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Eyeing the hand of Conductor Damrosch, the entire congress began to play, with sonorous tutti, Saint-Saens' Variations on a Theme by Beethoven. Then Mines. Hess, Leginska and Mérë sat jowl to jowl at one piano, played Boieldieu's overture to La Dame Blanche. Laughter and applause. Mr. Brailowsky opened the preamble of Schummann's Carnaval, passed it on to Mr. Gabrilowitch, and so the music leaped from instrument to instrument "till all marched against the Philistines...
This mountebankery over, Dwight W. Morrow, Chairman of the Association and famed J. P. Morgan partner, rose. There was something to be done, he said. The Knabe-Ampico Piano Co. had given a piano to be auctioned off. Who would beat the gavel ? "Oh, there you are!" said Mr. Morrow, spying Joseph P. Day, famed amateur auctioneer...
...going to bid for this piano?" asked...
Doctors, lawyers, merchant chiefs-they were going to bid for the piano. Cunningly, Mr. Day conducted an orchestra of instruments subtler than those of Mr. Damrosch's. Up and up went the bidders. At last only three were left: William C. Potter, President of the Guaranty Trust Co.; Charles E. Mitchell, President of the National City Bank; Thomas Cochran, of J. P. Morgan...
...novel program has been arranged for this afternoon's performance. The new vocal unit will sing several selections and there will be a piano duet by J. L. Keleher '27 and Donald Frothingham '27. George B. Moynahan '26 will give a saxophone specialty, and an exhibition of clog dancing, as another feature of the performance...