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The first installment in Dustin Cohen’s ‘Made in Brooklyn’ [where else?] series features violin maker Sam Zygmuntowicz. I’m especially impressed by Zygmuntowicz’s orientation towards the musicians who are his clients, and also by his awesome looking violin-testing robot.
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Happy Birthday Herbert Manfred “Zeppo” Marx [left] (February 25, 1901 – November 30, 1979)
American film star, musician, engineer,theatrical agent and businessman. He was the youngest of the five Marx Brothers. He appeared in the first five Marx Brothers feature films, from 1929 to 1933, but then left the act to start his second career as an engineer and theatrical agent.