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J. Lawrence Cook on TV
By Mark Kinsler

[ George Karpel wrote:

> Does anyone have knowledge as to what TV show J. Lawrence Cook
> appeared on, probably in the 1950's or early 1960's.  He talked
> about his career at the Q.R.S. factory.

It's probably 'What's My Line,' which ran for about a thousand years.
Arlene Francis, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, and
I forget who else; sort of an Algonquin Round Table turned into a quiz
show.  They would have loved him, and I'll bet they had him play
the piano.

 [ D. L. Bullock wrote:

> Our kind of music can be found on YouTube!  YouTube is now showing
> player pianos, band organs, theater organs, live and rare performances.

Thank you for these: I've been wasting the entire morning watching
them, and they are great.  And they've answered some questions I've had
about instruments and mechanisms discussed here.

Mark Kinsler



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