Ted Baxter

Max Kortlander's alter-ego, used for hand-played duet rolls where Kortlander accompanied himself. Also used as a solo performer for traditional and ballad style rolls. Some later rolls under this name also arranged by J. Lawrence Cook.


 'Pep' Doyle
Probably used initially by Max Kortlander and Pete Wendling, then taken over by J. Lawrence Cook and used into the 1950s.


Sid Laney
Used exclusively by J. Lawrence Cook - who was so prolific a roll producer that several pseudonyms were created for him! Cook later recalled in interviews that the 'Sid Laney' name came from Sydney, Australia, where QRS had a production plant, and 'Laney' was the surname of his school principal, Lucy Laney.


Scott & Watters / Harold Scott / Jeff Watters
Osborne & Howe / Fred Osborne


These pseudonyms were originally used for four-hand arrangements made by Max Kortlander and other, uncredited QRS staff arrangers - as time went by, they were also used by J. Lawrence Cook (particularly 'Harold Scott') right into the 1960s.


Walter Redding
Used by Pete Wendling prior to 1925, for rolls he was not completely satisfied with. After his departure from QRS, the pseudonym was used until the 1960s by J. Lawrence Cook.