WILLIAM ECKSTEIN (1888-1963) was a pianist and a composer. He began playing piano at age 3, and was billed at 12 in New York as "The Boy Paderewski." After spending six years in vaudeville and touring Europe he returned in 1906 to Montreal and played in movie houses for silent films. He also performed with tenor Gus Hill on the first live radio performance broadcast in Canada. After the advent of talking films, he played in clubs and on radio and television.