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==Premise==
==Premise==
''Piano Lessons'' was hosted by Professor G. Aldo Randegger, who gave piano lessons on live mechanical television.<ref>[https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/sayre/id/8773 The University of Washington Library picture of Professor G. Aldo Randegger, c. 1917.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref>
''Piano Lessons'' was hosted by Professor G. Aldo Randegger, who gave piano lessons on live television.<ref>[https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/sayre/id/8773 The University of Washington Library picture of Professor G. Aldo Randegger, c. 1917.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref>


According to a television listing from September 24, 1932, the series would air at 8:15 PM on Mondays, after [[The Television Ghost (lost early television series; 1931-1933)|''The Television Ghost'']] and before Ukulele player Jack Peterson.<ref>[https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932%20-%203659.pdf ''The New York Sun'', September 24, 1932.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref>  However, in another television listing from January 18, the show was stated to air at 9:00 PM, after songs by Doris Sharp and before songs by the Shannon Brothers.<ref>[https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932%20-%200668.pdf ''The New York Sun'', January 18, 1932, pg. 29.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref>  The show was broadcast as a a 30-minute series, with it later airing in a 15-minute time slot.
According to a television listing from September 24, 1932, the series would air at 8:15 PM on Mondays, after [[The Television Ghost (lost early television series; 1931-1933)|''The Television Ghost'']] and before Ukulele player Jack Peterson.<ref>[https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932%20-%203659.pdf ''The New York Sun'', September 24, 1932.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref>  However, in another television listing from January 18, the show was stated to air at 9:00 PM, after songs by Doris Sharp and before songs by the Shannon Brothers.<ref>[https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932%20-%200668.pdf ''The New York Sun'', January 18, 1932, pg. 29.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref>  The show was broadcast as a a 30-minute series, with it later airing in a 15-minute time slot.


Allen Polner, a letter writer from Brooklyn, New York, said in an excerpt from the September 19, 1932 issue of ''The New York Sun'', was impressed with shows that aired on W2XAB, including ''Piano Lessons'':<blockquote>"Television programs are improving, especially from W2XAB.  
Allen Polner, a letter writer from Brooklyn, New York, said in an excerpt from the September 19, 1932 issue of ''The New York Sun'', was impressed with shows that aired on W2XAB, including ''Piano Lessons'':<blockquote>"Television programs are improving, especially from W2XAB.  
  Last week I looked in and was more than pleased with the results.  Gladys Kahn and Jane Whitney come through fair, as did Aldo Randegger and his piano.<ref>[https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932%20-%205822.pdf ''The New York Sun'', November 19, 1932, pg. 29.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref></blockquote>
  Last week I looked in and was more than pleased with the results.  Gladys Kahn and Jane Whitney come through fair, as did Aldo Randegger and his piano."<ref>[https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201932%20-%205822.pdf ''The New York Sun'', November 19, 1932, pg. 29.] Retrieved 14 Dec '20</ref></blockquote>


==Availability==
==Availability==

Revision as of 03:09, 15 December 2020

PLAldoRandegger.jpg

Professor G. Aldo Randegger, the host of Piano Lessons.

Status: Lost

Piano Lessons was a very early television series, airing on W2XAB New York City, an experimental mechanical television branch of the Columbia Broadcasting System and predecessor of the current WCBS-TV affiliate. It is one of the earliest regularly scheduled television programs, with the first episode premiering on October 8, 1931.[1]

Premise

Piano Lessons was hosted by Professor G. Aldo Randegger, who gave piano lessons on live television.[2]

According to a television listing from September 24, 1932, the series would air at 8:15 PM on Mondays, after The Television Ghost and before Ukulele player Jack Peterson.[3] However, in another television listing from January 18, the show was stated to air at 9:00 PM, after songs by Doris Sharp and before songs by the Shannon Brothers.[4] The show was broadcast as a a 30-minute series, with it later airing in a 15-minute time slot.

Allen Polner, a letter writer from Brooklyn, New York, said in an excerpt from the September 19, 1932 issue of The New York Sun, was impressed with shows that aired on W2XAB, including Piano Lessons:

"Television programs are improving, especially from W2XAB. Last week I looked in and was more than pleased with the results. Gladys Kahn and Jane Whitney come through fair, as did Aldo Randegger and his piano."[5]

Availability

Due to the early nature of the experimental mechanical television technology, shows had to be broadcasted live and could not recorded by the network, or anyone else for that matter. Because of this, shows like Piano Lessons and The Television Ghost are most likely permanently lost, with almost no chance of them ever resurfacing again.

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