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Last Summary Update: 03-13-2024

Mail Order Piano Lessons
Airdate: Thursday - March 12, 1964

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

It's not one of those cute nights, not at all. . .

Show Description

"Mystic Skull" - Jean describes a new toy coming on the market. An actual game made by Ideal Toy Company. Q-Tip commercial sans mom Shep wants to take mail order piano lessons and describes his experience as a kid.

So far there is no Description for this show

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 11:24	Speaking of spooky things this is WOR AM and FM in New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 11:34	Ballantine Beer

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:47	Sangkep
• 05:57	Gesang Der Junglinge / Song Of The Youths
• 20:54	Wild Cherries Rag
• 21:17	Raggin the Scale
• 36:57	Stars and Stripes

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 02:49	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

None Yet

Record: 3620 / ID: 19640312W3620

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

	Date	Title
	March 12, 1964 Recno: 3620	Mail Order Piano Lessons	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	March 13, 2024

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1964 MP3 Set 1	MP364-1	MP3

Sorry, Not Available

General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19640312W3620	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	02-10-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	03-13-2024	Station ID up to date:	Yes
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	Yes
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Rudy Wirsching

Notes

Dating Notes

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General Notes

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Technical Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

10 minutes news at end

Replays

Mass Backwards

NONE

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

March 13, 2024

Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

Other

References:

Synd#:
Synd#:

10 minutes of news with Ted Malley at end

Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1964 MP3 Set 1	MP364-1	MP3	1964 03 12_W3620_600-041 Mail Order Piano Lessons - 10 min news at end.mp3 Running Time: 0

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)

3 Known copies from various Sources and Lists (Up to date)

	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

Source Name

Information

Schmidco

Running Time: 53:10

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1964 03 12_W3620_600-041 Mail Order Piano Lessons - 10 min news at end.mp3
Source filename: 64-03-12 Mail Order Piano Lessons - 10 min news at end.mp3
Source set: 1964 MP3 Set 1
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:22

Inventory Name: 1964 03 12_W3620_097 Piano Lessons.mp3
Source filename: 64-03-12 Piano Lessons.mp3
Source description: 3-12-63 gh Piano Lessons
Station: WOR

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Dustbin of History

Running Time: 56:27

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1964 03 12_W3620_552-501_D2024-03-13 Mail Order Piano Lessons.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975