A veteran of the industry, Wilton Syckes was also a former president of the National Piano Traveler’s Association. The association provided its lifetime achievement award to Wilton in 2000.
Syckes began his career with the Winter Piano Company and attended his first NAMM Show in 1950. Wilton didn’t miss a show until his retirement from the NPTA in 2008. The following year he donated thousands of documents on the piano industry from his career to the NAMM Resource Center.
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Wilton Jr. emailed NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino this past weekend, stating his fathered passed away on Friday, March 28.
To view a clip of Wilton Syckes’ 2004 NAMM Oral History interview, click here:
