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To provide examples of all types of historic musical taste, mostly from the acoustic recording and some early electrics designed to play on mechanical phonographs. I will try to provide music that if given a chance though listening will provide audio pictures of what our ancestors loved as much as well appreciate some of the music of our time. Its a glimpse of the time before you needed a 50 page brochure to operate your music producer of choice. A simple turn of the crank and a horn to project the sound and your stepping back in time, often to nearly a hundred years ago. I hope you will enjoy some of the more obscure selections, melody is always a gift to the listener when your able to hear it. I have concentrated on Edison for now as I find it has the most realistic sound produced acoustically. Unfortunately some periods of production were effected by the World War 1 as well as quality control issues during that time. I am also the producer of the True Tone Diaphragms.
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@tiga4180
@tiga4180 2 дня назад
A lively & upbeat performance. Very uplifting as the nights grow darker.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 2 дня назад
Seems like the interest in the Radio Girl has fallen some, she used to get a lot of views but lately not so much.
@Bighead_Joe
@Bighead_Joe 3 дня назад
I have both the Blue Amberol and Disc version of this!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 3 дня назад
I think a lot of the Cylinder records were also dubbed on to the disc or maybe the other way around, I am not exactly an expert on the history of how all that went. Personally I haven't really ever had much desire for cylinders but obviously they are quite popular among machine collectors. I found the cylinders to often have too much wow and flutter to the sound being slightly out of round. I know there are exceptions though.
@DecapObsessed
@DecapObsessed 3 дня назад
What a fantastic sound.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 3 дня назад
I have a lot of various 78's from the acoustic period but am always blown away by how real Edison Disc can sound, despite his problems with surface noises. Glad you took the time to let me know.
@pghcoyote
@pghcoyote 7 дней назад
Absolutely fun and lovely in equal measure.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 7 дней назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@derspike
@derspike 10 дней назад
Hoping we'll hear some more from this lovely old Steinway!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 10 дней назад
Just search my site, there are hundreds of rolls on the Steinway.
@marcgoodman4228
@marcgoodman4228 15 дней назад
Great piece by a great group pity the record is so worn out
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 15 дней назад
Sadly what I think your hearing is the lousy surface that Edison often endured. So far a the piece its self for three two pianos with three artist probably was a bit difficult.
@andrewpetersen5272
@andrewpetersen5272 15 дней назад
Great sound from that beautiful old box
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 15 дней назад
Nice that you enjoyed it. The cabinet is rather large and heavy and actually in person needs the finish restored which is on my list of things to do. Takes two men to move the thing however and the sound is very fine for a mechanical phonograph.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 15 дней назад
I recall with fascination, as a small child, being taken to visit one or two 'old fashioned ladies, whose homes smelled of baking, or good old fashioned home cooking. How times have changed, their modern counterparts often being adept on android phones & laptops & if fit enough, capable of dancing the night away! Poor old dad rarely gets a mention in such songs, frequently being lampooned for his DIY disasters, as in the music hall classic 'When Father Papered The Parlour'
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 15 дней назад
Took me a bit to figure its about a mother who has gone to another life, and he is remembering here is song.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 15 дней назад
Love the sentiment of this song. Its good that the accompanist is credited too, for his excellent & sensitive backing.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 15 дней назад
I find that Joseph Phillips has the kind of voice that brings out the best in songs of this era. His clarity is quite good, and yes the piano player is a great back up.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 19 дней назад
Love these songs which allude to & romanticise modern technology of the day. Very catchy, sounds like its from a musical.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 18 дней назад
Yes I thought more people would have watched it.
@BFDT-4
@BFDT-4 22 дня назад
Can you imagine this being played on a Victor Orthophonic Credenza? :O
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 21 день назад
Yes I have the Columbia 800 which rivals the Credenza but not sure where this record is since I moved. I cut back on a lot of records I may not even own it any more? Oddly those portable machines, due I think to the way they project the sound more openly sometimes aren't too far off the sound you would get on a much larger phonograph.
@AdamRamet
@AdamRamet 24 дня назад
incredible roll!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 24 дня назад
I figured by the title that it would be interesting and different at the same time.
@niinakukkonen7728
@niinakukkonen7728 27 дней назад
What is this?
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 27 дней назад
Its what was called a Reproducing Piano which works like a player piano only it has extra holes on the sides of the roll which come close to recreating the actual artist. They were popular from the early teens to around the late 1930s. There were several major brands that were installed in all makes of pianos. This is and Ampico B system with was the updated version of the A system. It is highly sought out for its abilites to produce a selection well. Normally a Steinway was a Duo Art reproducing brand but in the late 30s when the Ampico and Duo Arts had merged the Duo Art Factory burned down. A few customers who Purchased a late 30s Steinway and wanted a reproducing piano had what was left of the Ampico Factory to install that B system them.. This one is from a 1941 piano and the mechanism was added in 1942 , making it among the last Ampicos built. And one of only two Steinways found so far with the installation.
@md88kg
@md88kg 29 дней назад
What a beautiful living room! Don't let anyone pull the Persian(or Bulgarian ?) rugs from under your feet!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 29 дней назад
Thanks for the compliment.
@billybrooklyn
@billybrooklyn 29 дней назад
Larry… This sounds incredible! What a pleasure to listen to. This sounds every bit as good as a Victor Orthophonic . Warm tones and such clarity! I can picture you spending hours enjoying your collection played through this machine. I know I listen to the 810 that you passed along to me more than any other machine I own. Great post!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 29 дней назад
Nice to hear your opinion of the Columbia. I still have to decide what to do about the finish now that its in the living room rather than the basement.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
What an expressive & romantic song. Quite happy about organ (or orchestra/piano), playing parts that would otherwise be vocal, especially if its a chorus that would otherwise have been repeated. I note a stray sound at 2:06. Perhaps a throat clearing or rush of air from the organ. Tho' not uncommon on other companies earlier acoustic recordings & rare on early electric recordings, have never heard such sounds on any format of Edison record. Gut feeling is the company would be very strict about silence in their recording rooms.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Paul, I played the video over and couldn't hear thing around that time on the record you mentioned?
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 29 дней назад
@@acousticedison Just tried it again with headphones to be sure & detected a sort of "Hmmph!" sound. Sharp & perceptive hearing runs in our family. When it was my dad's turn to wash the dishes my mum would say things like: "Your dad's used too much detergent again" or "He's hung up that pan without drying it properly" all based on the sounds she heard from the kitchen!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 29 дней назад
@@tiga4180 It could have been the cat, he likes to come in and sit on a chair next to me while I am recording or perhaps I moved in the chair enough that it picked it up?
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 29 дней назад
@@acousticedison A good possibility.
@anthonyginther6883
@anthonyginther6883 Месяц назад
They had superior sound, too bad Edison got in his own way with square recordings and crazy control over sales. Can you imagine if the likes of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith did their earliest recordings using the Edison disc process? They have better sound, but the man had truly corny taste in music.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Your right his ability to produce clear vocalist is tops. But he made some progress even in that as the later acoustic recordings are stronger in the vocals than some of the early one. Then too I have read where he wanted them to use the master stamping records longer than they should have and it resulted in some weak sounding copies at times. As to what he recorded he was from the period where the sort of descriptive vocals and about romance and home sweet home seemed to appeal to a lot of the public. Yes when the music got alot more modern sounding it took him a while to decide to do more of it. But I have to say that the very late popular acoustically recorded records are almost breathtaking in their force and wide ranging dynamic sound.
@fregleygreebeen
@fregleygreebeen Месяц назад
Beautiful.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
The recordings of this era are a great examples of the time, like hearing history.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
Love the sweet sentiment & harmonious chorus. Very clear recording.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Glad you like it!
@acfinney1
@acfinney1 Месяц назад
Tell us about this phonograph
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Its a Columbia 800 model.. They made two of their largest acoustic phonographs in the same cabinet, the 810 has a few painted flowers of the front that sets it off from the one I have. I believe they were only produced for two years in the late 20s. The idea was to have a phonograph that would reproduced as much sound as possible without electrical service for the new electrically recorded records called Viva Tonal Recordings. Victor had their Credenza which was a similar idea but not quite so large as the Columbia model. The sound of each is similar and the Columbias are far less seen than the Victor machines of the time. By the end of the 30s most companies had given way to electrical reproduction which had a larger frequency range, but for its time the Columbia was a far cry from the previous small horn machines for acoustically recorded records. Probably to get around Victor Patents Columbia had two horns one on top of the other each directing the sound somewhat to each side rather than the straight forward sound Victors used.
@Likes_Trains
@Likes_Trains Месяц назад
Also imagine how people felt when this was invented. Nowadays everyone is freaking out that AI is replacing musicians but here we are with an example of mechanical playing that didn't take off so much (I'm assuming these grand player pianos are rare)
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
In the teens an though the thirties these were very popular. This one is perhaps the last of the reproducing paper roll pianos installed at the Ampico Factory in 1942, A year after the official closing of company. And one of only two Steinways to have this system that to the best of our knowledge still exist. The advances in phonographs and then radio pretty much killed the demand for a piano that could play by it self.
@Likes_Trains
@Likes_Trains Месяц назад
@@acousticedison ah!! Thank you for the information. Enjoy your instrument, you're lucky to have it!
@C.L.H-g9r
@C.L.H-g9r Месяц назад
Mooi Tom !
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Glad you enjoyed it, the few torn spots in the roll bothered me but then the overall effect is so interesting that I wanted to put it up anyway.
@Likes_Trains
@Likes_Trains Месяц назад
I love the idea of having guests over, saying "I'll put some music on!" and this plays
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Funny some people enjoy it and others try to talk over it which in person is quite difficult. I am happiest when someone comes who loves piano music and will listen to it.
@Likes_Trains
@Likes_Trains Месяц назад
Such a cozy set up! Thanks for uploading
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Thanks I try when possible to show the machines in settings similar to how they were used.
@alonsotoro7904
@alonsotoro7904 Месяц назад
Was this piece really played by Teresa Carreño? If so, it is a very interesting document. Thank you very much for publishing it.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Yes, it is!
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
Perhaps the best version I've heard of this well known & atmospheric classic. Thought duets were for established couples, or those getting together rather than parted, but it works so very well & is beautifully arranged.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Probably doesn't hurt that Edison had vocals in most cases you could clearing understand what the song was about.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
@@acousticedison Yes indeed. Have even come across vocals on crystal clear recordings where the odd word or short phrase was difficult to catch. Perhaps it was Edison's deafness that led him tomake clear vocals a priority.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
@@tiga4180 I don't think I ever read at what point in his life did he loose his hearing?
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
@@acousticedison Wikipedia says that hearing problems started at age 12, following scarlet fever & that he had recurrent ear infections.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
@@tiga4180 I'am surprised it was that young, odd someone with hearing issues would be so good at designing sound.
@audiophile1024
@audiophile1024 Месяц назад
A real toe tapper. : - )
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Polla's Orchestra is always a group I like to find.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
An 1891 tearjerker, but my collecting experience suggests there was an appetite for such songs so many years later. My grandmother sang so many of them, perhaps sparking my interest in early records. Thank you Larry, knew of this song, but first time I've heard it.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
I am surprised with your vast vocal collections that you hadn't heard it. Its a tale of the times for sure.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
@@acousticedison Strangely, there are several popular old songs that are hard to find because the original artist didn't record them. Maybe cover singers had problems with ownership/copyrights. Its always been a puzzle to me. Marie Lloyd, one of UK's most famous music hall singers made only a few records & for some reason did not record some of her best known.
@dsthorp
@dsthorp Месяц назад
Wow! This is great!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Thanks, I thought it was decent to say the least. Oddly its had a negative which reduced its overall score, don't know why unless some people just like to see your score drop.
@radionicpowers5938
@radionicpowers5938 Месяц назад
AND Cool that it was added with vocals and sung by Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call in 1952 - A favorite of mine.....The movie Mars Attacks comes to mind ...
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Crawford did vocal selections with a number of people including his wife sings on some and I think one had the whistling fad added as well.
@ShoninEra
@ShoninEra Месяц назад
I loved the reconciliation polka video that you posted
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Nice to hear you enjoyed it, it makes it worth while to record all these.
@Fomites
@Fomites Месяц назад
So sorry to learn this roll was destroyed in re-rolling! This brings back wonderful memories of my good friend here in Australia, Denis Condon, who had a world-famous collection of similar rolls, including Adam Carroll. Denis died in 2012 but his collection lives on at Stanford University, California. Thank you for putting this on RU-vid.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Seems like 100 year old paper perhaps stored in poor conditions just falls apart under stress such as the rewinding. The two spools are adjusted about as well as can be expected but it still wants to tear up right a way in rewind on the left side flange. I looked up this title and the only other version of it on you tube was a 78 record recording of it. So I am glad I got to save it for others to hear.
@activaty3837
@activaty3837 Месяц назад
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
An old favorite I just recently got with lot of older rolls.
@4AM551
@4AM551 Месяц назад
Thank you!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
My favorite version of last hope. I have the piano roll of it as well on here but Himmelreich just brings out the melodies and embellishes them .
@pianowingman
@pianowingman Месяц назад
Wonderful Job - it is Beautiful - See you ❤🎹❤️❤🎉
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Thanks for listening
@frankolen4137
@frankolen4137 Месяц назад
Piano sounds great thanks 1:24
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Glad you enjoyed it, I thought the piece was rather rare as well.
@nonamep4921
@nonamep4921 Месяц назад
👍
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Thanks for your like of the roll.
@humptydumpty-m8u
@humptydumpty-m8u Месяц назад
Beautiful song. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻🎶👏🏻👍🏻
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Thanks for listening
@oiljass
@oiljass Месяц назад
Great, thanks very much, love the verses, a great channel.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Thanks to you as well, I try to represent all aspects of musical life in the early days of recording. Some choose one type which is fine, but then you miss people who may enjoy them for other reasons.
@davidcoxinparis
@davidcoxinparis Месяц назад
Fantastic!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
I knew when I saw the title it was something special, but never heard of it before. Glad you enjoyed it.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
A truly orchestral sound. Could well be there, waiting for the curtain to go up.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Paul, the more pieces I put up and record the more impressed I am with the ability of Edison to create such depth with a horn recording. Depth but with fantastic projection of sound at the same time. When I worked on my diaphragms I always wanted to hear the surrounding instruments so that they all were coming though as recorded originally.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
@@acousticedison Totally agree. Just a shame about the variable quality of surface materials over the years.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
@@tiga4180 I guess as a trade off for the best acoustic sound you get used to the noise of the surfaces, which in reality often are worse at the start of the selection and somewhat less toward the end for some reason.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 Месяц назад
@@acousticedison In years of listening, unconsciously ignore it. The greatest noise on DD's is before the stylus drops into the groove. On conventional shellac, there's sometimes a rough start, often caused by turning needles round in the hope of getting more wear out of them.
@nutuviziteu6412
@nutuviziteu6412 Месяц назад
Amazing.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Glad you think so!
@pianowingman
@pianowingman Месяц назад
That is Crazy ❤🎉 other time
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
What do you consider crazy!
@pianowingman
@pianowingman Месяц назад
@@acousticedison the old Music Box 📦
@keyplayajim
@keyplayajim Месяц назад
Love this! My dad was a piano technician. I started rebuilding player/reproducing pianos in his shop in the late 1960s when I was about 14. I've rebuilt several "Model A's" but only one "B". In our shop, we had a 1923 Chickering 5'6" "A" which was in rather poor, but nevertheless running, condition (who has time to work on their own stuff?!). I would never have the patience for rebuilding anymore, but it was great fun at the time!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Interesting history of your families work on Pianos and Reproducing units. I rebuilt a couple pump players but when it comes to the sophisticated systems of the reproducing pianos then its a totally different ball game. This one has been worked on three times since we obtained it in the 60s. The people who know how to rebuild them is quickly fading away as the older people have retired or we lost them. There do seem to be several rather promising young people on these groups who have the instinct and patiences to restore them properly. I always wanted player pianos since I was a teen ager but never even thought owning a rare specimen such as this one.
@Incredible_Piano
@Incredible_Piano Месяц назад
Oh! Never seen this before! Piano plays by itself! I’m subscribed to your intriguing channel to see more👍🏻🎶
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
I have hundreds of rolls on line from the piano along with various mechanical phonographs as well. Always happy to have a new subscriber!
@pianowingman
@pianowingman Месяц назад
Perfect ❤ i love This Sound 🎹❤️🎹 it will be nice to be in Touch ❤
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
The song by it self I knew from a old roll years ago long since probably tore up. When I got the long play roll at first I didn't appreciate the way the melodies sounded, but after a few more plays I find them to grow on me.
@pianowingman
@pianowingman Месяц назад
@@acousticedison Wonderful / yes it is pratice
@Cope4
@Cope4 Месяц назад
Nice!
@acousticedison
@acousticedison Месяц назад
Thanks!
@steelneedles
@steelneedles 2 месяца назад
A very beautiful recording of Van Biene's classic. You don't say who the artiste is though. Lovely clear and loud reproduction. Am well impressed.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 2 месяца назад
According to the Edison Catalog it featured Lauri Kennedy on the Violoncello. She played both sides. Don't recall how old this record was, but a the beginning Edison didn't want put the artist names on the record. His consideration was it would keep them from demanding more for their popularity.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 2 месяца назад
I see its a black label which would be in the time period of not saying who the arist is. Glad you liked the sound, I worked hard to get the most out of the Edison Records when others were offering diaphragms that sounded like you had a wet towel stuck in the horn. Mine projects the instruments as it should. He had the finest reproduction in the horn recording era by far.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 2 месяца назад
Grand old catchy song. Pity the lady singer isn't credited.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 2 месяца назад
Some times they give credit for the other singers and sometimes they just include them with out any mention. I did think its a rather snappy song.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 2 месяца назад
A truly gorgeous version & love the saxophone intro. I posted an instrumental version, so its nice to put words to it. My grandmother may have known it too, but she did sing 'Let Me Call You Sweetheart' Songs like this must have been written from experience, for who doesn't remember their first love? Long story shortened, but I 'called back' my first love whom I first met at a school dance, Christmas 1964. We got back together at Christmas 2020, with all the magic & romance of those bygone years still there!💕
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 2 месяца назад
A good post as to the meaning behind the songs of yesteryear. You have to consider also no phones, no radio, no talking movies. Vocal performances were a big part of life and one of the ways as you say to transmit your feelings. A lot of home songs, mother songs, and love songs persisted during that time.
@tiga4180
@tiga4180 2 месяца назад
@@acousticedison Yes, it was a very different world, but fertile ground for inspiring such songs.
@acousticedison
@acousticedison 2 месяца назад
​I just put up Mother, My Dear, which has great words but only piano here to express it which I think is rather well done. @@tiga4180