The thing that touches me about your videos is your relationship and the way you share these amazing adventures together. You're an inspiration to any couple. Thankyou. 💗
The vacuum cleaner I think is/was a floor sander. Looks like one anyway. Wow... an old player piano. Very Cool!! They are fun to work on. I've worked on several of them over the years. The big green board upstairs was from a train layout I'd be quite sure about. This is a really great place to see! On the right side of the layout it's greener and with the brown pieces on it, it was fencing for cattle or horses I bet. You can also see streets and old street light posts on it. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for another great explore!
Michelob beer is la 60s. Love the aged wood walls upstairs!! Really beautiful! What.looks like weird art work looks to be a landscape for a model train set!!😁
Thankyou Lori! Do you remember the Mic commercial of the man being run over by a charging bull while sitting in ground zero with a bullfight in progress? That was a 1960's pre apollo mission to the moon ad. These kids are puzzled at anything pre microwave and that's stretching it.
The player piano should have foot peddles to play the paper w/holes ..they usually fold up inside bottom of piano...there also should be a little slider on top near the gears to stop and rewind paper..the serial # should be on a small metal bracket inside the top of piano...i had a player piano n had converted it to an electric one
I've worked on pianos, new, and old as well as the piano side of a player piano. Yes this is an old player piano. No it would not be worth anything if fixed up because you would spend way more fixing it up than it is worth. But they are fun to go through if you moved those boards on the bottom. I have found all kinds of interesting things inside pianos.
They’re like a giant music box Used to be in fun pizza joints Novelty places The wood in that place is worth a small fortune to the little house builders and restoration contractors
@@educatedgypsee2351 I was thinking the same thing. From the exterior and interior downstairs wood, plus the windows and doors, but that pine that was upstairs would be a fortune on its own. My boss, who owns his own business, recently paid $30,000 for the wood, from a small barn that was about to be torn down. It was only about 200 lbs total, so he could decorate a room in his house, and that pine is worth 20 times more: and that's still not to mention all of the bottles and jars that people collect and use for decoration. But with all of the people building off grid, and building their own RV's; you hit the nail on the head!
You guys have a knack for finding interesting old places to explore. This place had real wood paneling upstairs instead of that fake junk that was popular in the 70’s. Also at 11:54 there was a pretty basket weave purse on the floor that I would love to have.
and also take this advice from a flooring installer... many of these places were abandonded mainly because they are all riddled with asbestos. wear masks to protect your selves.
I have told you both many times and continued to worry about you ... Masks Masks Masks Please Please Please........ I'm boring myself now Stay Safe... Please you two.... Xx
They've been advised of the potential timebomb they expose themselves to many many times.I still remember feeling immortal and invincable. The "New Centurians" will burn long before they rust.Time is short.Let them have their fun...
If they don't know a player piano, would they know the effects of asbestos on them? and this is coming from the people that truly care about them and want to watch more videos?
That’s an antique player piano. Amazing a scroll is still in place and in good shape. Looks like a general store that had a little of everything and living quarters above. Great explore! OMG that tiny bottle of Sanka (instant coffee). Love the old books. Love that place. I could spend hours there looking through everything.
I'd love to live in a home built during the same time as this store, in a house with the same styling! Looks about like the Craftsman style bungalows I love, but the four panel doors and 2/2 sash windows look like what you would find in a house built during the first decade of the 20th century. Love the tin roof! Watching from Kinston North Carolina, nice work!
Very cool. My grandfather owned a store like that. I was a baby in the sixties and we lived in the back. Our kitchen and living room was on the bottom floor and our bedrooms where upstairs. He went out to business in the late seventies because the old stores like that just couldn't keep up. Thanks for sharing
I couldn't believe it when he didn't know that was an old player piano lol. It might help them to look up some old things and when they run across them in an old house it should help them lots.
So much old, but cool stuff in there! But what throws me off a bit is near the beginning when you found the piano, there was an RCA television box sitting on top that looked to be at least 90s and there was also a bug deflector and it looks like one of the trucks on there is a 90s to early 2000s Chevy S-10 on it. So those are a few things that threw me off as to when this place could've truly been abandoned.
2:45 we had a tappan stove when I was a kid...it was a few years newer than this one....their motto was "supper aint gonna happen till you fire up that tappen"...…...lol..just kidding...I made that up....kinda catchy though aint it :)
U really nailed it .the ghost town was magnificent.i loved where uthey washed clothes.we had a Rubboard to scrub clothes on.in the USA.we have mountains too.my son has taken his family to watch sun set right now in our mountains.what kind of trees grow there.?beautiful.thank you😗💕💕💕
Reminds me of the store you found so many years ago, when I first started watching you, I don't believe you were married yet. Maybe go back and see if that place is still there because it was a real treasure trove.
After you saw those books on the floor and before you got to all the tires, there were stacks of newspapers. One caught my eye because it says 99.95. I stopped on it and zoomed in on it. It was advertising diamond rings saying for a Christmas surprise. The lowest was $99.95 all the way up to $329.95. Not sure how many carats. Wow. My Grandma drank Sanka back in the day. Great find and great video.
Player piano and those bottles and jars and even dog food bags are really old. I remember the dog food bags from when I was a kid. So interesting and thank you for the share
There are some beautiful wooden doors in that first clip. I would love to have that player piano. Cool. I967 was a sad year for my family. My 14 year old brother was killed in a bicycle accident. Michelob! I drank quite a few in my teenage years. Thanks for this video. 🙂
Love this. Those beer bottles in my opinion are definitely 1960s. I sell antiques and love the old mouths and logos. One of my favorite explores so far. That Darth Vader car kinda blows the 60s estimate of abandonment so probably more like the eighties? Commenting as I watch hopefully I didn't miss the information. The RCA TV box right before you close the video is newer too. So curious how and why people leave stuff and when ugh I wanna know! 🤪
The piano looks to me like it's the kind that could play on it's own. That paper looking thing with the punch holes in it are the music itself, I believe, like a computer used to use punch cards to read, that is what that is like with the piano. Correct me if I'm wrong!! . My grandma used to call it "playin' pianer'' music" (I'm trying to give you the way she pronounced piano back in her day lol) she was born in 1902. I remember that jar of Sanka Coffee!!. My mom drank that every morning. Wow, I'm old!! OKay, thanks for sharing this find with us! Loved it as usual!! Peace and Love, Kim ~
Neat old place. A lot of those products were still like that even in the 1970's & 80's. I saw a lot of stuff I remember and I was born in 1968. I always loved old general stores. Thanks for showing us this one.
This is going to be a "TMI" moment but I can pinpoint that Kotex box exactly to 1970. The "Sanka" coffee wasn't on the market that long and that was late 60s/early 70s.
Sanka coffee has been on the market since 1923 (97 years and counting) It is manufactured by Maxwell House a division of Kraft Foods. It was the first decaffeinated instant coffee and is still popular today. www.walmart.com/ip/Sanka-Instant-Coffee-Decaffeinated-8-oz-Jar/12018474
I think this was a dry goods store from the turn of the century (1900) because of the spacious sales floor with all the shelving, and the family would have lived on the premises in the other part of the house. Then, eventually it became a resale/junk shop--which would account for all the odd pieces of mismatched furniture, framed pics, old books and games, and other junk. They might have continued to sell staples like coffee, pet food, bread, paint and basic hardware, too, before finally being abandoned when no longer lucrative for the family. In the sixties when I was a little girl, glass bottles were returned to stores for a refund of the "deposit" which was for the glass. These bottles were then picked up by the company whose logo was on them, sterilized, and reused. This might explain why so many glass bottles were collected. The interior wooden doors were very nice.
What a awesome fine love looking at the vintage items I think it would be cool if there was a old building set up like it did back in the day have a safe trip 😊
awesome find love the old antiques there those long boards are train layout tables for model railroads prettty neat place be safe and happy exploring seee you guys soon kim and that piano was a old nickleoden
Interesting house. I thought one of those coffee jars looked to have some papers in it. I would like a better look at the old books, but I know you didn't have much time.
I hope that you both are safe and well. It was good to see you exploring again. I also hope that Bekah is alright. Because something was terribly wrong with her this day of videoing . I could see it in her face and responses. She has such a sweet personality and I truly hope she is okay. We'll wishes to you both. Ty for your content. Great find👍👍
I've been noticing this more recently in their videos. I wonder if she just doesn't enjoy doing the explores any longer? But regardless, I enjoyed the video a lot - thanks for sharing with us.
What chaching mean?? Piano like old saloon lol..it's like old general store use to be in our town, owners never abandoned it,they retired. Building still stands today because changed ownership several times, original owners passed away!! Seeing old buildings like this reminded me of generous man treated us so good when we young when other people didn't, he give us piece candy when we walking to school. They lived in back of store. Just lil memory I had seeing this, thank you!!! Always wear masks in old houses!!
Hi Rick & Bekah fascinating, you guys find the best places and you film real slow (nice) the piano is a pianola,,,the older one you have to peddle i have a collection of pianos new n very old pianos played by famous artists in one off concerts. witha pianola you can sit at the keyboard start up the pianola and for all the world it looks as though you are playing Chopin,,, or Liberace or Scott Joplin's ragtime,,,, as the pianola plays the keys operate as the tune is played quite eerie if in an empty room with an echo ok guys keep safe Ed Beverly Hills CA
How can that be you never seen a piano like that and also back in the day they had a lot of stores that were connected to their house, mostly in small towns! It looked like a layout of the town! Those were old model cars from back in the day and don't sniff the glue!
Cool explore. Never apologize for not going into an unsafe space. You are smart not to. NC is where I was born. A lot of people had small country stores in or near their houses. There were 4 within walking distance of my parents house one being my uncles who had MD and couldn't walk so they ran a small store connected to my grandparents house. Enjoyed this video stay safe
Hello Rick and Bekah - I enjoy your explorations and the wonderful things you discover along the way. Rick almost going through the flooring does however highlight how dangerous these trips can be. Here in Canada, we have many long-abandoned "prairie houses" in the Western Provinces and, they too, have been a tempting sight for more than a few people. A few years back, a gentleman was exploring one such house (alone) and fell right through the rotted first-floor into a basement about 10 feet below. He injured his leg and could not get out, and his calls for help went unheard (there were no other houses for miles around). It was early winter and it was only through the alertness of a policeman that likely saved this man's life. The policeman noticed an SUV parked on the road below and saw some foot-prints leading towards the ancient house. My point is that I would caution others from taking up the same hobby without considering the many risks. I do know that entering any abandoned property (in Canada) is illegal ("trespassing") unless granted permission by the owners or authorities in charge of such things - and it's highly unlikely such permission would ever be given. Best wishes to all!
That Piano with the gears and paper scroll is an antique Player piano, and worth a fortune if it is restored.!I am cringing that it was left abandoned.
Player pianos can be played on the keyboard, or you use a music scroll. The person pumps 2 peddles alternately, and that advances the paper scroll across the wind pipe, while an air pump is also drawing air through the scroll. Holes in the wind pipe behind the scroll correspond to the keys, so it plays the keys automatically. My grandmother's house had one of these and I played it a lot as a kid. They would keep me occupied with it when I was bugging them!
Becka , you are shy. Don't be .. I only started watching this show because of how cool you are . I had to watch like 6 episodes just to see you . Anyway you're adorable. What's his name is a lucky guy.
This was a unique find. Rick, you need to get a mask (and stop falling through the floor). That dust isn't good for your lungs. Enjoyed seeing you both.
I love the wood work inside. And I recognize A lot of the bottles and stuff from when I was a kid. The beer bottles weren't old they looked like twist tops.
It was an old player piano. Paper rolls put on. Yourfeet pumped peddles down below. That would make air come tbrough the holes in paper that played keys making a song. Wonderful things and refurbishable.
The piano is a self playing piano. You can play the normal way or set it to play by itself. The paper with the holes in it would turn on a spindle and the holes would determine which key to play. Worth a lot of in good condition.
Yep. Alot of that stuff in the beginning of your video would be from the 1960's. I recognize the products from then. I guess that would make me "really old" like the stuff! Lmao.
They used to have a guy on RU-vid that collected empty vintage food jars he would date them by the manufacturer number on the jar. It has been like forever since I seen him post a video I dunno what happened to him. He was a elderly guy in his 50s so maybe the virus killed him. a lot of interesting stuff left behind. But it seems kind of spooky upstairs. Thank you for the video I was happy see it.
I read this and had the same thoughts. I'm in my 50's and didn't realize I was elderly...hahaha. David, are you in your 20's? Is that middle-aged? You made me laugh...healthy wishes to you, David.
A player piano (also known as pianola) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded on perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls, with more modern implementations using MIDI. The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass-produced piano for the home in the late 19th and early 20th century. 1900 was the first certified Pianola. Said to be Steinway.
Player pianos like the one in this store have become quite rare and worth a bit of money if all the pieces are there and can be restored, in working order however, the value goes up exponentially!
Hard to say what it was originally as it was built onto so much. When I saw the player piano, my first thought was tavern. Looks like it was a country store where you could also eat, based on the stove with the hood. It might have had gas pumps at one time. I also thought it might have been used as a library based on the type of shelves and the reference shelf book that was in the box. It could have been all those things at one time or another. Wish I knew the history behind it. Nice explore.
Bekah, what amazing full hair you have. Please can I borrow some! You two are such a great team and do a great job. Thank you.I think that gadget is a carpet sweep maybe.And yes, thats a player piano. You can buy different songs to play on it or rolls of songs.I think some worked on coins but not sure.
Player Piano (company named after my face composer!) Push the flat pedals and the paper rolls along, its holes releasing air in a vacuum system that plays it automatically. More players than regular pianos were sold annually for awhile around 1920s.
