Vic and Sade (xx) The Piano Lesson: Vic and Sade (June 27, 1946)

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“Vic and Sade (xx) The Piano Lesson” is an episode of Vic and Sade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 27, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Rush comes home excited because Uncle Fletcher has arranged a piano lesson for him with Mr. Corcoran, a gas meter reader. The family sits in the living room while Uncle Fletcher goes to great lengths to assemble a piano from scraps of lumber, junk and collected parts, and his efforts draw the attention and comments of everyone present. The household's usual chatter, including Father's habit of repeating where he was born, fills the scene as the makeshift instrument takes shape.

The living room of the Gook family home

Characters: Vic, Sade, Rush, Uncle Fletcher, Mr. Corcoran, Father, Miss Harris, Mrs. Traw

Listen for: Uncle Fletcher's frantic effort to assemble the piano from parts he has gathered, and Father's repeated claims about his birthplace

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.