It originally aired in New York City on W2XAB (now WCBS-TV), a then-experimental television station of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), from October 8, 1931, to 1932.
The series consisted of piano lessons given by Professor Giuseppe Aldo Randegger, and aired on mechanical television.
The first episode aired October 8, 1931, as announced in the Radio News section of The Daily Star newspaper.
[5] The November 19, 1932, edition of The Sun featured a section called The Picture Gallery with letters from viewers.
A letter writer named Allen Polner in Brooklyn said "television programs are improving, especially from W2XAB" and "last week I looked in and was more than pleased with the results", citing both Piano Lessons as well as segments with Gladys Kahn and Kane Whitney.