After watching a series of William Wegman sketches involving his

talented weimaraners, it suddenly struck me that his two takes on

the Mother Goose rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub" have recordings of fairground

organs playing in the background.  However, the tunes are different

even though they both follow the same exact sketch.  In an episode of

Sesame Street, the tune heard in the background of this skit is Emile

Waldteufel's "Les Patineurs," most likely played by a 117-key Gavioli.



The version on the VHS entitled "William Wegman's Mother Goose" instead

is a recording of a Ruth und Sohn organ converted to 150 rolls playing

"Kaiser Friedrich Marsch" from roll no. 13166.



Skit with "Les Patineurs" on Gavioli organ:



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_IFN4lh59Y 



Skit with "Kaiser Friedrich Marsch" on Ruth organ playing 150 roll:



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGlBXyOCuQs 



Andrew Lardieri

Voorhees, N.J.



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