Orchestrions en orgels in Technik Museum Speyer - 2014

Op de terugweg van het museum in Rudesheim was er nog even tijd voor een bezoek aan Technik Museum Speyer, waar we vriendelijk werden ontvangen door Gotthard Arnold en Sina die samen verantwoordelijk zijn voor het onderhoud van de mechanische muziekinstrumenten die in het museum staan. Ook hebben zij een aantal nieuwe instrumenten gebouwd. Hier een greep uit het aanbod van die middag.
Opgenomen op 2 november 2014.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Thanks for sharing the Weber Brabo at the beginning, although the docent stops it before the end of the tune. It is playing "Indian Love Call" by Rudolf Friml.

[@musicmachinesuk]

Good to the see the Welte organ playing a roll, instead of hearing the pre-recorded music from the speakers

[@mechanicalmusicuploads5925]

Never heard the Welte Organ before :) sounds great

[@andrewbarrett1537]

The Popper "Roland" with swanee whistle is playing "Cuckoo Waltz".

[@arburo1]

9.53. This is the Harold Smith orchestrion from Saddington Hall, England. I played it often during his lifetime. Back then it was weight driven.

[@kimmajkosaveukraineroadto1127]

(7:26) All the six-violin units were made by Siegfried Wendel, Jens Wendel and crew at the Mechanisches Musikkabinett Museum (MMM) in Rudesheim, Germany. They are all recent replicas. There were stories (and I think, maybe an old newspaper mention, or catalog listing, or something) of Hupfeld making a Phonoliszt-Violina with SIX violins, but to my knowledge, no originals have survived till the present day, and I'm not even sure whether there's a photo of one. So, this one is a creation of the Wendels based on the story of the long-gone ones (and of course based on the surviving original 3-violin models). I think the first one was commissioned by collector Jim Krughoff, but not sure. I don't know how many they've built, but I have seen videos of at least two or three of them, so at least two or three.

[@GlockenkIang31]

Four were built

[@jokevandevlught8137]

De Popper Roland is Ex Buschman Keulen.

[@MechanicalMusicTravels]

The saxophone tone generator on the 92 key Decap sounds awful...

[@jokevandevlught8137]

Most of the electronic part is missing.

[@BrantDisneyfan]

What a fine Phillips orchestrion what’s the tune name at 22:02

[@mechanicalmusicuploads5925]

I would Love to know too

[@aaronb5060]

@@mechanicalmusicuploads5925 The Song at 22:02 is "Song of the Flame" by George Gershwin. This particular arrangement seems to be based off a 1926 recording by Sam Lanin.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

@@aaronb5060 Although that's possible, it's possible that Lanin's band was playing the published stock arrangement (orchestration / sheet music), in which case both the Philipps roll and Lanin performance/recording were based on that arrangement.

[@JS-qq3fh]

The instrument playing at 22:02 is actually a Welte Philharmonie organ, which was modified by or build in cooperation with Skinner and later restored for the museum by Arnold.

[@BrantDisneyfan]

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