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ETOTE THE PIANO tmwsSe mcuqjmsftfRW ITS HISTORY, MAKERS, PLAYERS I Published Monthly By Theodore Presser Co., Philadelphia, pa. AND MUSIC STAFF EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY By ALBERT E. WIER DR. JAMES FRANCIS COOKE, Editor ’ Dr. Edward Ellsworth Hipsher, Associate Editor No one volume on the subject of the piano William M. Felton, Music Editor has ever been published covering all matters L The Etude Verna Arvey Or. Nicholas Doutv Elizabeth Gest Guy McCoy H Robert Braine Dr. Henry S. Fry George C. Krick Dr. Rob Roy Peery pianists of interest to professional or amateur Pietro Deiro Karl W. Gehrkens Guy Maier Peter Hugh Reed Revelli Henry S. Sawyer individ- or twenty years, THE ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE has William D. and students. The cost of assembling the desired subjects is al- made no increase in its very low subscription price, which, as so Jl fflntU,! 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