I mean this is simply incredible. There's only a few humans who could come close to playing anything like this on a normal organ. So simple and yet so complicated at the same time.
That thing looks pretty scary somehow. And the sound blasting out of it! Amazing! It looks like it's from a reality about 8° away from ours. It's wonderful!
they're like pipe organs, but they have more "life" to them, if you will. a normal pipe organ, yea sure, it breathes, and its an intricate and unique machine, but they need someone to make them alive. the orchestrion though, it does it all on its own. its enchanting the way all the parts click and move in perfect synchronization to play music. they are alve.
Donnerwetter, was für ein schöner klarer Klang des schönen alten Instruments . Jetzt meine Lieblingsmusik,bin heute Abend damit mit Bluetooth Lautsprecher mit kräftiger Aussage durch Fischeln gegangen. Einige sehen sich nach mir um. Keinerlei negative Bemerkungen. Bin Experimentalmusiker, Stehgreifmusiker . ,Muß mehr davon machen. Ihr Lieben auf dieser Welt , ich wünsche euch alles Gute und habt Acht in jede Richtung.
This is a wonderful instrument. I generally am interested in reproducing pianos or player pianos, but some of these fine Orchestrions are really wonderful to hear. I wouldn't have room for any if I did want one, but for those who do and have saved them its rewarding for sure. It brings back some memories too. Paul Akins had a museum in St. Louis for a few years in the mid 60's I think it was, I got to be a guide to people who came though and operated some of these machines, it was great fun. Sadly he had a tin ear when it came to tuning and most of them were pretty off when it came to sound. He had a number of records produced of the collection, they are fairly rare today. I think I only have one and the rest on tape. But they don't sound quite like this!
EXTRAORDINARY! That's a toe-tapper and a half- and not exactly the slow waltz. Amazing! Yes- the construction, instrumentation and articulation of the notes is incredible!
Deze machine is prachtig en klinkt net als een Nederlands draaiorgel, waarvan er nog steeds een aantal dagelijks voor straatmuziek zorgt , hoofdzakelijk in de grote steden, zoals Amsterdam. 🎶
Damn is this piece of art noisy.... my neighbors would... erm... "love" it... Great Tune of a Great Maschine... love it. Please konserve this mechanical masterpiece for the next Generations 👍👍👍
Who ever invented automated musical instruments was brilliant .Labor saving device for people who didn’t have poutine experience to play instrument by hand.
velcroman11 the way the machine is built - you have to take the organ apart to be able to see anything and then it wouldn’t function anymore. So this one only had an outside view for that matter. Also the client who orders these video’s wanted only the outside on film (as the inside is such a days work to get on film lol. ). But anyhow, trust me, it’s a big box - filled with pipes, tubing and pouch boards ;) Also the main bellows would on the bottom of the instrument (on the inside ) :)
This orchestrion screams Art Deco. To my knoledge it wasnt used until the later half of the 1920s and used well into the 1940s and a bit is even seen in the 1950s. 1912 seems a bit early for this but yet I have not restored this / seen it in person. Although the tech is old, and there are hints or ornate detailings. I've been stumbled by this!
I would think that it would be about spot on - the age and serial number are approximately right (for the way that they were numbered) and frankly, I would consider the casing more Art Nouveau than Art Deco - while one stemmed from the other, the natural theme and scroll work would be more toward that period than the latter Art Deco that stripped the natural theme out and just made symmetrical scrolls. Either way, a beautiful instrument with a great sound and amazing mechanicals!
The organ was apparently once an older dance organ - hence the serial number - but was later rebuilt to orchestrion and a façade from another instrument was added, if I'm not mistaken.
Well thank you, my friend - that would explain a lot. Organs and orchestrions (which have always fascinated me) are definitely not my specialty. I play violin, viola, cello, bass and piano and have always loved organs, but have no experience with them. Your explanation simplifies a lot. Thanks again!
Most dance organs run on pressure for the pipes, percussion and reading the book. Some, like the Arburo, have a suction system as well, for the roll reader and percussion.
@@CBF1 What I said is that the Arburo organs use suction for the roll reader and the percussion. There are many organs with roll readers that use pressure to read the roll, but here the book is held down onto the tracker bar with a brass grooved roller, ie, some Bruder organs.
Think of how easy it is for paper to jam in a modern day printer. I can't image how they get these player "rolls" to feed in properly and not skewer even slightly, let alone snag and just get shredded. It sure wouldn't need to slide off track just a little for all the holes to be in the wrong place. What a nightmare. And how do you duplicate these rolls should they get damaged? A 100 year old piece of paper, I can't image a museum curator would even allow it to be played unless there were some easy way to duplicate it, especially paper that has acid content after time can crumble in your hand. These were probably not stored under any archive condition for decades -- who back then knew they were going to become scarce?
The machine in the video looks like it was made in Japan because of all the advanced mechanisms inside of it, I want to buy one but don't have room for an instrument that large and I also don't have any money
How much current is it drawing from the mains? By the way isn't it suffering from overvoltage? It probably has 200 or 220 volt motors and lamps, because we now have 230-240 volts?
@@czonczike630 One BHP = 746W. As you know, Watts = Volts x Amps, so you can calculate the Amps from that, but you must factor in the efficiency of the motor.
Même sans algorithmes,numérique,intelligence artificielle,et autres ouahliguen Avec du carton,des perforations,de la mécanique horlogère il est possible de faire de la MUSIQUE
The piece of Music is the " Flick-Flack Polka by Albert Vossen (1939).
They're such grand pieces of machinery. There's nothing like it when you see and hear them in person. It's an electrical feeling.
Pure showmanship in making the accordion move and light up when it plays
Thanks Great to hear.
Please, almighty UA-cam algorithm, don't stop blessing me with this content.
Very nice, first time I`ve seen an accordion with two sets of piano keys, love the sound.
As someone who played the accordion when I was young, that was my same observation: I have NEVER seen such an accordion!
I mean this is simply incredible. There's only a few humans who could come close to playing anything like this on a normal organ. So simple and yet so complicated at the same time.
Perfectly tuned! Beyond belief that this has survived. Every time I hear this I am amazed. So addictive.
I like the lights on the accordion at the front it’s an amazing looking machine that runs so good
Yea is kinds nice
That thing looks pretty scary somehow. And the sound blasting out of it! Amazing! It looks like it's from a reality about 8° away from ours. It's wonderful!
Красавчик! Прямо оркестровка к нему подходит супер!
Very excellently tuned instrument. Very brainwashing and joyful ternary piece for virtuoso accordion - Flick Flack by Albert Vossen.
Orchestrons are just plain cool.
they sure are!
WTF HOW DID YOU GET HERR
Herr oh nevermind my keyboard is an asshole
@@wigwagstudios2474 i 💭 it was a concerto 👍 Krazy Krok Productions DMPCreative puppets.
they're like pipe organs, but they have more "life" to them, if you will. a normal pipe organ, yea sure, it breathes, and its an intricate and unique machine, but they need someone to make them alive. the orchestrion though, it does it all on its own. its enchanting the way all the parts click and move in perfect synchronization to play music. they are alve.
Simply wonderful!
アコーディオンの自動演奏が何とも不思議である。
Donnerwetter, was für ein schöner klarer Klang des schönen alten Instruments .
Jetzt meine Lieblingsmusik,bin heute Abend damit mit Bluetooth Lautsprecher mit kräftiger Aussage durch Fischeln gegangen.
Einige sehen sich nach mir um.
Keinerlei negative Bemerkungen.
Bin Experimentalmusiker,
Stehgreifmusiker . ,Muß mehr davon machen.
Ihr Lieben auf dieser Welt , ich wünsche euch alles Gute und habt Acht in jede Richtung.
I absolutely LOVE the sound and this song!
Very well-arranged Flick Flack Polka. Very well-filmed.
I can play most of this on the piano and god is it demanding! Beautiful instrument!
Ah, that distinctive Mortier sound - absolutely love it. This is a really cute little beast - I want it!!
This is a wonderful instrument. I generally am interested in reproducing pianos or player pianos, but some of these fine Orchestrions are really wonderful to hear. I wouldn't have room for any if I did want one, but for those who do and have saved them its rewarding for sure. It brings back some memories too. Paul Akins had a museum in St. Louis for a few years in the mid 60's I think it was, I got to be a guide to people who came though and operated some of these machines, it was great fun. Sadly he had a tin ear when it came to tuning and most of them were pretty off when it came to sound. He had a number of records produced of the collection, they are fairly rare today. I think I only have one and the rest on tape. But they don't sound quite like this!
EXTRAORDINARY! That's a toe-tapper and a half- and not exactly the slow waltz. Amazing! Yes- the construction, instrumentation and articulation of the notes is incredible!
This is fantastic. Seriously the best arrangement of this piece that I've heard.
That is such a fine piece of mashinery. Thank you for sharing.
1:19 slips into classical Mortier mode...
Deze machine is prachtig en klinkt net als een Nederlands draaiorgel, waarvan er nog steeds een aantal dagelijks voor straatmuziek zorgt , hoofdzakelijk in de grote steden, zoals Amsterdam. 🎶
Super Sound. Vielen Dank für das Video!
I'm born hundred years to late. Can you imagine they build a magnificent pice like this nowadays...
Or the price they would commànd!
@@jaredharris1940 That was my question as well: "If I want to buy this instrument from WelteMax, what would be a price that he could not decline?"
Damn is this piece of art noisy.... my neighbors would... erm... "love" it...
Great Tune of a Great Maschine... love it. Please konserve this mechanical masterpiece for the next Generations 👍👍👍
Who ever invented automated musical instruments was brilliant .Labor saving device for people who didn’t have poutine experience to play instrument by hand.
Très bien, outstanding !
I wonder how heavy it is and what effort must it take to move it. I'd love to see the insides of it, while it was playing.
Are these classics still available to buy?
I just fell in love
Yes, there are private persons who will build one in commission or know in their circles where to find one for sale.
I got strong Dr. Phibes vibes seeing and hearing this.
That's awesome. And so cool. It doesn't look mechanical. It looks HAUNTED!
Imagine trying to sleep and it's starts playing. Time to pack your bags 😂
The ochordian also looks kinda scary......
There is something amazing about this.
Mortier is my favourite orchestrion company
U-freakin-mazing!
Красиво как 😻👏🏻
Amazing!
O, WOW, AMAZING I LOVE IT SO MUCH. THANK YOU
Polka playing in ragtime
0:48 the bass side has a normal piano keyboard instead the bass and chord buttons.
Cool orchestrion.
I bet I am not the only one who would have liked to see the workings.
velcroman11 the way the machine is built - you have to take the organ apart to be able to see anything and then it wouldn’t function anymore. So this one only had an outside view for that matter. Also the client who orders these video’s wanted only the outside on film (as the inside is such a days work to get on film lol. ). But anyhow, trust me, it’s a big box - filled with pipes, tubing and pouch boards ;) Also the main bellows would on the bottom of the instrument (on the inside ) :)
This orchestrion screams Art Deco. To my knoledge it wasnt used until the later half of the 1920s and used well into the 1940s and a bit is even seen in the 1950s. 1912 seems a bit early for this but yet I have not restored this / seen it in person. Although the tech is old, and there are hints or ornate detailings. I've been stumbled by this!
So cool! Thanks.
Amazing
Very nice Piece! :-)
It must be from the second half of the 20's onward solely based on the art deco style it shows
OHHHH HOW JOYOUS,!,!!!!!
It's the Flick Flack Polka though it sounds (same tempo) like a rag.
❤
I wish i owned an orchestrian....
Are these orchestroins the first sequencers?
Flick Flack.
name of the song?
Flick flack Polska by Robert. Found it in the comments section but not as a reply here for some reason
Flick flack polka*
Was ist das denn für ein schönes Lied ich würde gerne den Namen das Liedes wissen 😊
This is like the early days of jukeboxes right?
seen some thing like this one ware a Butterfly would flap its wings to pump air to the Orchestrion and it would push out bubbles
It has something sinister.
It scaries me.
Animates my childhood fears..
Specifically the accordian.
Specifically the accordian.
1912 seems a bit early for this type of organ, no? Then again, the serial number is quite high for an orchestrion.
I don't know really myself sadly. This is this information I got from the owner. =)
Well, if it was a dance organ with serial no.773, 1912 would be right :)The numbering of orchestrions remains a bit unclear, anyway.
I would think that it would be about spot on - the age and serial number are approximately right (for the way that they were numbered) and frankly, I would consider the casing more Art Nouveau than Art Deco - while one stemmed from the other, the natural theme and scroll work would be more toward that period than the latter Art Deco that stripped the natural theme out and just made symmetrical scrolls. Either way, a beautiful instrument with a great sound and amazing mechanicals!
The organ was apparently once an older dance organ - hence the serial number - but was later rebuilt to orchestrion and a façade from another instrument was added, if I'm not mistaken.
Well thank you, my friend - that would explain a lot. Organs and orchestrions (which have always fascinated me) are definitely not my specialty. I play violin, viola, cello, bass and piano and have always loved organs, but have no experience with them. Your explanation simplifies a lot. Thanks again!
This orchestrion is better "programmed" than an online game is today.
I'd put this at around the 20's. Graham Atkinson at Scarborough has one similar.
I find the self-playing accordion kind of creepy!
Question, does this instrument run on vacuum (like a player piano) or pressure or both?
I love any machine that makes music mechanically.
I think both but it can also pressure
These machines normally run on bellow systems. The bellows pump air through all the pipes. That's how it's all mechanical.
Most dance organs run on pressure for the pipes, percussion and reading the book. Some, like the Arburo, have a suction system as well, for the roll reader and percussion.
@@arburo1 The suction system is used on the scroll systems right?
@@CBF1 What I said is that the Arburo organs use suction for the roll reader and the percussion. There are many organs with roll readers that use pressure to read the roll, but here the book is held down onto the tracker bar with a brass grooved roller, ie, some Bruder organs.
Is it difficult to find someone able to calibrate a machine like this?
Nothing scares me more than the instruments on this fucking channel - honestly I can't sleep now
amiedetherese only 1 person ON EARTH knows how to tune it
That would not surprise me
amiedetherese
In my opinion it should not be that hard, because it is only an organ, an accordion an some percusion. An organbuilder could do this.
Think of how easy it is for paper to jam in a modern day printer. I can't image how they get these player "rolls" to feed in properly and not skewer even slightly, let alone snag and just get shredded. It sure wouldn't need to slide off track just a little for all the holes to be in the wrong place. What a nightmare. And how do you duplicate these rolls should they get damaged? A 100 year old piece of paper, I can't image a museum curator would even allow it to be played unless there were some easy way to duplicate it, especially paper that has acid content after time can crumble in your hand. These were probably not stored under any archive condition for decades -- who back then knew they were going to become scarce?
The machine in the video looks like it was made in Japan because of all the advanced mechanisms inside of it, I want to buy one but don't have room for an instrument that large and I also don't have any money
How can you assign words to this?
Where is it? Thx
曲名なんですか?
Are these displayed to the public, or do I need a special favor to be able to see this live?
This is just super cool. Do you want to sell it?
largest flash memory 1:00
I wish someone would make a video about how these things actually work.
Song Name please
What is the title of this piece of music?
Flick FlackPolka.
773 is a very old dance organ, not an orchestrion
wow
i need to know the name of the song it bangs so hard
The song is an accordion piece named "Flick Flack polka"
@@DecapObsessed god thank you so much
@@doctorkocktor1347 No problem at all, have fun!
Imagine trying to program that thing.
Do Pizza Time from Spiderman
PLZ WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS SONG??????
Flick Flack Polka
Does anyone know the name of the name of the song?
Flick Flack
How much current is it drawing from the mains? By the way isn't it suffering from overvoltage? It probably has 200 or 220 volt motors and lamps, because we now have 230-240 volts?
A half horsepower motor would be sufficient for this machine.
@@arburo1 How much is that?
@@czonczike630 One BHP = 746W. As you know, Watts = Volts x Amps, so you can calculate the Amps from that, but you must factor in the efficiency of the motor.
@@arburo1 Yea, I knew, but I wasn't familiar with HP units.
So about 400W. Most power hungry music source I've ever seen.
wowl
Does anybody know the name of the song?
george_n1 It’s the “Flick Flack” polka :)
WelteMax thank you!
Also, apologies, did not see previous comments
what is the music ?
Its the Flick Flack Polka
Flick flack polka.
Extra decided to be come WF541 😝
Awesome video! Any idea what the name of this song is?
Jonathan Hunt it's the Flick Flack Polka
😅✨❤co zrobisz
Is it just me, or are these from the dark side?
Même sans algorithmes,numérique,intelligence artificielle,et autres ouahliguen
Avec du carton,des perforations,de la mécanique horlogère il est possible de faire de la MUSIQUE
Sounds like Anastasia's orchestrion
Arrangement sounds more like Charleston than polka.
To taka przebudowa 😅✨prędzej po kani 🌳🌲w lesie bym się mogła zorientować
Not a dance organ...
it's a circus organ.
I've never heard of 'circus organ'.
How does it differ?
Problem is accordion and organ sound too much alike as they are essential similar instruments.
Pipe organs use pipes whereas accordions use reeds. These give a different sound and the registers can be used for contrasting musical passages.
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