Welcome to my channel! I enjoy working on player pianos, orchestrions and pipe organs and have recently begun posting videos of some of the projects I've been working on lately. Thanks for stopping by!
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This is an absolutely beautiful rendition, both by Mr. Roberts and by yourself with the sensitive and delightful dynamic control. I'm very glad I clicked on this! Thank you so much for sharing the wonderful music.
Hi, Thanks for the reply to my comment. I own all of Tom’s CD’s, and thank you for the clarification re: the post-production reverb. When we first visited Nethercutt back about 10 years ago, and then heard a fantastic concert at Mark’s ATOS convention in 2018, played by John Giacchi, even with the carpet, the organ “live” sounded amazing. I can only imagine how much better it is now going to express itself into the listening room. Best regards, Jonathan
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Bruce, thank you so much for your expertise and gifted hands at work. I found the Mahauden and De Nachtegaal on Thursday of last week. Louis Suierveld would be so proud to know that these two machines, of his pride and joy were expertly done. Thank you! John Suierveld
Hi John, I'm so glad you commented - so your father owned De Nachtegaal? I would love to speak with you about this organ. I have so many questions! Orchestrelle@gmail.com
I could hang out with Joe all day! I wonder if Photoplayer manufactured their own player piano action or if they used something like the Standard player action.
A Masterpiece! As Don Henry says, I also am so happy to hear this organ again. Makes me cry tears of joy. My Dad purchased this machine around 1972-1973 from GW McKinnon. It was completely restored by my Dad Louis Suierveld, and as Don Henry stated, it always sounded nice, but now it is spectacular. Wish I could’ve met Bill and shared some of the history, Richard Lokemoen did a remarkable job with the restoration. Facade is gorgeous. The sound doesn’t get any better. RIP Bill.
Where are you located? I would love to have our player piano fixed please. I’m in Huntington Beach, CA. Maybe you might have a contact for me to reach out to. Thank you!
Hi, I'm in Oregon. Go to Player-Care.com where you'll find a listing of player piano restorers by state. Hopefully you'll find one near you in California.
It is never a surprise that Mark delivers an outstanding program on whatever instrument he is playing, and this magnificent organ surely confirms this impression. I have heard that the carpeting in the room has been removed to improve the liveliness of the sound, and would hope to hear more examples of the great sound that this video brings us. As Resident Organist at the Hanover Performing Arts Center in Worcester, MA, I hope one day to return to the Nethercutt Museum and get a chance to play this very special instrument! Bravo, Mark and “DuoArtOrgan”!
If you listen to the late great Tom Hazleton’s CDs from there, you’ll notice they added a fair amount of reverb in post production to account for the deep luxuriant carpet everywhere. It doesn’t detract from the instrument or Tom’s playing but you understand why they had to do it once you learn about the carpeting that once was. 😉
Would there be any chance of collabing with a company to create a MIDI virtual instrument version of this Orchestrion? Where you trigger each sound and record them individually so people could plug in midi info from their software into the virtual instrument to play the exact sounds? I would love to maybe discuss it more!
I say this because I could see it as a revenue source for you and your collection! Plus it preserves these incredible instruments in a digital era! Allowing people to create their own “Rolls” files to play music with! You could even do all of the different ORoller types! Where when someone is starting up the software they can choose and flip through the different ORollers! Maybe consider contacting KeyScapes! They have a huge virtual library of old and new pianos and keyboards they’ve digitally made and preserved and they can make it work well!
That would certainly be a really interesting project. I built this orchestrion for a customer in San Francisco. If you're serious about this, I could put you in touch with the owner and you can discuss the project with him. The video above was posted when the instrument was in progress. This is its final form and instrumentation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LDIuHchkAL0.html
This is terrific! It’s a little repetitive as it’s only the basic main theme, but the mechanical effects in this arrangement are festive and lively! I’ve only heard “Carousel Waltz” on a few band organs including a Mortier, a 97 key Steenput Freres (arranged by Wayne Holton) and the 153 and 165 Wurlitzers. Those Wurlitzers played a version arranged by David Stumpf which actually incorporates more of the separate themes normally heard in the waltz. 🎠🎪
Isn't "McLube" nitrocellulose lacquer? If so why not use nitrocellulose lacquer for the main and only coat? McLube was sold by Player Piano Co. and is not available anymore as far as I can tell.
Organs and Orchestrions from the Nix collection that are formerly owned by Aigner City (theme park) 1. Mortier Cafe Organ 2. Weber Styria 3. Double Mills Violano Virtuoso 4. Duwyn Cafe Organ 5. Imhof & Mukle Tribute Orchestrion
This is the exact same one formerly owned by Steve Radjenovich of Minneapolis and shown in Harvey Roehl's book "Player Piano Treasury". Steve had bought it in the 1950s from the B. A. B. Organ Co. of Brooklyn, who used it in their shop to test band organ rolls. It had a B. A. B. roll frame mounted in the center left side (accessible thru the left panel I think) and they also added cello pipes. Fortunately the original roll mechanism and keyframe for the large manila rolls was left in place. When Mike Argain restored it for the current owner, the B. A. B. roll frame was removed, it was decided to leave the cello pipes in place, and the rest restored as close to original as possible. The dealer nameplate of E. Boecker of New York (who originally imported and sold it when new) is still on the front.
I’ve always found early and unique instruments interesting. I have been given the choice to finish the restoration of an Aeolian Ochestrell player reed organ, I’m pretty sure I’m gonna have it, but there’s only 3 rolls that play on it. You don’t have to answer this question if you don’t want to, but you clearly have a large number of rolls for yours, so I’m wondering what path you took to get them. I’m sure I’ll find more overtime but just wondering how you ended up with so many. Beautiful instrument.
This is not to be rude but I think we both have the problem with the manual sustain squeaking lol. Still trying to fix it. My friend John has an original US roll of this song, which he allowed me to borrow and I posted it on my youtube channel. Beautifully restored instrument. Did you do the rebuild?
Hi I have info on Cecilian rolls, although they were generally used on the earlier Farrand Co era of the Cecilian, not really in the later Bush & Lane era (by the time Cecilian were associated with Bush & Lane, their instruments used regular 88-note piano rolls). The early Farrand Cecilian piano players and extremely rare early 65-note player pianos (I have one of the two known) ONLY used the wide format (over 12" wide) graduated-hole-spacing Cecilian rolls, specially made for Farrand by the Connorized Co of NY. Slightly later, their piano players then had interchangeable tracker bars allowing regular Aeolian-format 65-note rolls OR wide Cecilian 65-note rolls to be played. Most of the Farrand Cecilian piano players I know of are like this. I have never seen an 88-note pushup by them and am unsure if any were ever made (no advertising located either). At least four or five generations of player action were used between the Farrand and Bush & Lane eras of the Cecilian. Finally, it should be mentioned that Farrand, in addition to a moderate number of high grade parlor and chapel reed organs, also made an extremely rare player reed organ using Cecilian rolls, called the "Olympia" I *think* (I have to double check my references). I know less than a half dozen od them extant today. For more info, inquire on the Mechanical Music Digest (MMD) and/or the Facebook mechanical music groups ("Player Piano Enthusiast"; "Player Piano Talk"; "Player Piano Roll Sell, Trade and Talk" etc).
