October 1, 1927
11
PRESTO-TIMES
with Liszt's superb arrangement of "Isolde's Love
Death" from Tristan and Isolde. A Chickering Am-
pico Grand was supplied for the recital by the
May Company.
In the ballroom of the same hotel, Stuart Ross,
one of the most promising of America's younger pian-
Marguerite Volavy and Stewart Ross Show Its ists, gave a similar demonstration. The Knabe Am-
pico used by Mr. Ross was furnished through the
Absolute Fidelity in Reproduction at
courtesy of the Knabe Warerooms.
Recent Cleveland Convention.
Mr. Ross' group included the Schutt arrangement
of
Strauss' waltz, "Sounds from the Vienna Woods,"
The reappearance of Marguerite Volavy was a wel-
come feature of the gathering of the Ohio Music MacDowell's Etude de Concert, and Percy Grainger's
Merchants' Association in the Rainbow Room of the "Country Gardens." Mr. Ross' delightful artistry
Hotel Winton, Cleveland, recently. This brilliant was perfectly reproduced by the Ampico, and again
artist had not been heard in Cleveland for some sea- was the poetic beauty of the playing of this gifted
pianist revealed.
sons, and the announcement that she would appear
The presentation of the Ampico by these two sym-
in the interesting program scheduled for the enter-
pathetic and accomplished pianists was an outstand-
ing feature of the unusually interesting programs
offered by the Cleveland Music Trade Association
for its guests.
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Co., Oregon, 111., arrived at the company's Chicago
headquarters this week from Cleveland where he had
attended the Ohio state convention.
In commenting on the convention, Mr. Jones said:
"The Ohio convention at Cleveland was one of the
liveliest affairs I have attended in some time. Music
merchants attending the meetings were unusually
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Mr. Jones said he was thoroughly satisfied with the
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in the playing of several of her well known record-
ings. Absolute fidelity of reproduction was apparent,
as always in these comparison recitals. Every detail
of Miss Volavy's spirited and poetic playing was en-
joyed whether heard from the fingers of the artist
herself or in its reproduction on the Ampico. Her
program included the ballet music from Gluck's
"Alceste" and Scharwenka's "Polish National Dance,"
with which her playing was alternated by its repro-
duction on the Ampico. Other numbers were Tschai-
kowsky's "Humoresque," Smetana's tone poem for
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