That would have pushed Ed Sullivan over the edge!
> I thought that Welk was having an affair with Topo Gigio....
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> On Aug 4, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Chris Dale wrote:
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>> I highly doubt the appearance of any Tron or Chamby on Welk's show
>> for several reasons.
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>> Lawrence Welk's orchestra are indeed the players on the tapes. Welk
>> also offered to fund the manufacture of the instrument if his name
>> was used to promote and sell the machine.
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>> So instead of Chamberlin, it would have been a "Welk" machine.
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>> That might have happened except that Harry was very determined to
>> keep the machine in his own business domain and told Welk to buzz
>> off. Harry never cared for 'celebrity pandering'. The other reason
>> he told Welk that was because he didn't like Welk's flirting with
>> his wife everytime he came over to the house.
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>> So I'm sure what was seen on the show was a Harmonium which can also
>> sound like an accordian.
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>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
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>> Hi Tom-
>> I think that Jimmy Moore once noted that he saw what he thought
>> was a tron (maybe a Chamby?) on Welk's show. Jimmy?
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>> -Bruce D.
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>> --- On Tue, 8/3/10, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:
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>> From: Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
>> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Chamberlin spotting?
>> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 6:52 AM
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>> I don't know , but I do know that Harry Chamberlin used the Lawrence
>> Welk orchestra.
>> On Aug 3, 2010, at 8:46 AM, johnm400s911 wrote:
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>>> On Saturday July 24th at 7:00 PM our local PBS station ran an old
>>> Lawrence Welk show. Just as my Dad did in the 70's, I tormented my
>>> kids by making them watch a few minutes. This particular show,
>>> episode 1247, in the first few minutes had what I think was a
>>> Chamberlin being played. The sound was an accordian and what makes
>>> me think it might have been a Chamberlin vs. a spinet Baldwin or
>>> Kimbell organ was the absense of stops, padal buttons, etc. The
>>> keyboard was a single manual, did not have 88 keys and was very
>>> plain/simple in appearance. I've googled Chamberlin images and
>>> can't find what I saw. Anyone know if the Welk Orchestra used a
>>> Chamberlin?
>>>
>>> John
>>> #911
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