Pianola playing The Entertainer

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  • Опубликовано: 24 май 2013
  • This Pianola has been in my family a long time. I went with my grandparents to buy this in the 80's and since then it has been owned by several family members. As the current owner I decided to make this short video to document how you play this machine, it's not as easy as it looks but is easy to get the hang of! As you can see (and hear) it is not in perfect condition but is still a great way to entertain.
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Комментарии • 264

  • @BigWheel.
    @BigWheel. 2 года назад +97

    It's crazy they were able to harness the dark arts and power a self playing piano with the souls of piano players who died in bar fights. Really amazing history here.

    • @SunburntPrints
      @SunburntPrints  2 года назад +18

      Summon their spirits with the pedals!

    • @pimuce
      @pimuce Год назад +1

      @@SunburntPrints crasy Feet 🦶 Lol 😅

  • @The_Real_Slim_Shadow94
    @The_Real_Slim_Shadow94 4 года назад +80

    Top spooky instruments designed to haunt:
    1. Pipe organ
    2. Harpsichord
    3. This pianola
    4. That grand piano from Super Mario 64

  • @mientone
    @mientone 6 лет назад +291

    This is the grandfather of Synthesia XD

    • @katiehowe3764
      @katiehowe3764 4 года назад +4

      I was coming to the comment section to comment that lol

    • @Ih8kone
      @Ih8kone 4 года назад +2

      The newer ones are electrically powered with no human intervention.

    • @paulinotou
      @paulinotou 3 года назад

      @@Ih8kone New is kinda a relative word too. My grandmother had one in their house when I was a kid (late 90s) and all you had to do was set up the scroll and press play.

    • @craftcrewtv8094
      @craftcrewtv8094 3 года назад

      LOL

    • @dumdum7786
      @dumdum7786 3 года назад +1

      Or just midi in general

  • @tonywhitburn
    @tonywhitburn 5 лет назад +193

    Now I know: ghosts in old mansions were never good piano players. They just were good at pedaling.

    • @Avetho
      @Avetho 4 года назад +4

      And ghosts never get back problems, nor do they run out of stamina. Eternal piano playing.

  • @vitosos
    @vitosos 8 лет назад +175

    Sir, you have a beautiful pair of socks!

  • @jamesgleeson6538
    @jamesgleeson6538 2 года назад +26

    Pianolas are one of my favourite instruments. Helps one appreciate the music of different genres. Great family activity.

  • @fatalpotatoe4741
    @fatalpotatoe4741 10 лет назад +164

    an old version of midi

  • @guarassu
    @guarassu 4 года назад +11

    Thanks a lot! I'd like to show it to my daughter, 12 years old now, and I founded here! In a couple of years this kind of information may desapear, if guys like you dont preserve the history! This is very important! And the Pianola is a amazing machine either!

  • @thormarum995
    @thormarum995 5 лет назад +8

    If I had a piano like that it would do nothing else than playing The Entertainer. 24/7

  • @leomessi2717
    @leomessi2717 2 года назад +3

    That pianola sure brings back memories.

    • @OXEJXD
      @OXEJXD 2 года назад

      Same

  • @TadeodeWiesent2.0
    @TadeodeWiesent2.0 5 месяцев назад +1

    ¡¡¡Bravísimo!!!
    ¡Hermoso!
    ¡Me fascina todo el proceso, antes de comenzar a tocar, y después de tocar, también!
    👍👍👍👍👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌻🌻🌻🌷🌷🌷💐💐💐

  • @nelsonmenda8593
    @nelsonmenda8593 3 года назад +2

    We had a pianola very similar in hour house in Porto Alegre, Brazil and I loved, as a kid, to play my favourite musics. Till the day the system of air stopped to function and it was impossible to fix it. Now, that I'm living in Portland, OR and write a weekly blog, I just wrote about that intrument I missed so much. Nelson Menda

  • @christinenathan7173
    @christinenathan7173 2 года назад +2

    I remember my grandad had one of these. Long time ago. Don't know what ever happened to it. One of those childhood memories.

  • @nachomane7989
    @nachomane7989 5 лет назад +5

    Beautiful...!
    Precioso...!
    Gracias...!
    Thanks...!

  • @kimchristofi2963
    @kimchristofi2963 7 лет назад +4

    A very beautiful thing! thankyou - Love from the UK

  • @murrayreed2881
    @murrayreed2881 5 лет назад +5

    Remember as a little boy going to my Uncle Joe and Aunty Idas house and playing the pianola,a real adventure! Select the scroll,tighten it up(still remember the squeak ) load it in open the scroll door and then the pedals came out and start pumping.Absoulutley loved it, nothing like every one having a sing along.Every kid should experience this.

  • @tonyyoung8041
    @tonyyoung8041 6 месяцев назад +2

    I can remember my My grandad used to own one of these years ago i like these since Excellent 👍🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

    • @SunburntPrints
      @SunburntPrints  6 месяцев назад +1

      My grandparents took me when they went to buy this. It has moved around the family a bit and now my sister has it!

    • @tonyyoung8041
      @tonyyoung8041 6 месяцев назад

      I found it annoying because when they moved villages demolished houses to smaller house and down sized it went i got annoy its important to save these old pieces of equipment id love one today🤔🤔🙄

  • @tiamarie6719
    @tiamarie6719 2 года назад +2

    Sometimes, I think that old technology like this is really cool and I also like this song.

  • @CBuxton-EX.HKt.D
    @CBuxton-EX.HKt.D Год назад +1

    I have one and many Rolls ,but I wish I had this one as my mum who's now 76 used to own a pub called the Entertainer and her self was a well known Entertainer for 60 years. amazing instrument.

  • @georgina8958
    @georgina8958 7 лет назад +6

    I have this same roll! Love playing it :) Thankyou.

  • @andreeabendis0532
    @andreeabendis0532 3 года назад +4

    I am here because of Gabriel Garcia Marquez book 😁 wanted to see what's a "pianola". Thanks for sharing it, very nice ❤️

  • @alexbenz370
    @alexbenz370 5 лет назад +34

    1:53 you have to admit that is a bit scary

    • @mabe7368
      @mabe7368 3 года назад

      Yeah XD

    • @sonnycrockett6992
      @sonnycrockett6992 3 года назад +1

      No, it's an awesome mechanism, and still impressive.

  • @millierose919
    @millierose919 5 лет назад +19

    I've just bought one of these in beautiful condition for $60 including a whole box of rolls. 😊

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад +3

      How did you get one for $60?! The cheapest one I could find online was for $200 and it was pretty dirty! The next cheapest was $800!

    • @millierose919
      @millierose919 4 года назад +7

      @@PiotrBarcz My next door neighbour didn't want it, was actually going to destroy it. I offered my left over grocery money & they agreed. I just got it tuned & they tuner told me it's a Hood brand by Beale 1925 & it's worth over $5000.

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад +2

      @@millierose919 You are SO LUCKY!

    • @millierose919
      @millierose919 4 года назад +1

      @@PiotrBarcz Thank you, I've waited my whole life for one 🦋

    • @tuileriesantiques9057
      @tuileriesantiques9057 3 года назад +1

      that’s great! i see them free here, they’re quite common here, but to get one working is a blessing! you got a deal!

  • @Mega2Sakaura
    @Mega2Sakaura 8 лет назад +41

    I'm amused :l
    never knew this thing existed XD

    • @springfield7630
      @springfield7630 7 лет назад +3

      Haven't you ever watched the woody woodpecker? lol

    • @mrmoonradar8921
      @mrmoonradar8921 3 года назад

      you should have been entertained 😏

  • @agentofficerthomasa.porter107
    @agentofficerthomasa.porter107 11 месяцев назад

    Use to play that song when headlining in night clubs. The days when there were the great clubs. Great memories of no more. Those were the days.

  • @vcow
    @vcow 5 лет назад +4

    Amazing device!

  • @natehollingsworth1927
    @natehollingsworth1927 7 лет назад +52

    I don't think that people realize just how much of a workout pumping a player is

    • @SunburntPrints
      @SunburntPrints  7 лет назад +16

      Nate Hollingsworth maybe that's where my back and ankle issues come from!

    • @natehollingsworth1927
      @natehollingsworth1927 7 лет назад +2

      oh no!

    • @kasseyr1
      @kasseyr1 7 лет назад +3

      Nate Hollingsworth....I feel like I've done a 10km run after about 3 rolls....lol

    • @ANDREWLEONARDSMITH
      @ANDREWLEONARDSMITH 6 лет назад +2

      Player reed organs like the Aeolian Orchestrelle are even harder as they use more than twice the energy of a piano as in addition to the player itself they also need additional energy to sound the reeds.

    • @AuroranMinistryofPropaganda
      @AuroranMinistryofPropaganda 5 лет назад +1

      Think of doing it with shoes or boots

  • @Mason_bluegrass
    @Mason_bluegrass 7 лет назад +5

    very nice sounding piano

  • @timg3504
    @timg3504 2 года назад +1

    Loved it. Also let Santa know you need sock for Christmas 😃. You know us guys get socks for Christmas and Father’s Day.

  • @gasake8
    @gasake8 8 лет назад +64

    Somebody is here too because of Pietro Crespi?

  • @robertchristie9434
    @robertchristie9434 Год назад

    Back in the early 50s, my dad received a free player piano from one of our neighbors in southwest Detroit. All he had to do was remove it from their dining room to our sunroom. Upon getting it home, he refurbished it. It operated by pumping 2-foot pedals & I remember inscribed inside the door where the rollers were placed said it was built in 1913. We bought the music rolls at Grinnell's. Great times & memories.

  • @LuanMMello
    @LuanMMello 3 года назад +1

    Thank you sir, that was really cool!

  • @AheadMatthewawsome
    @AheadMatthewawsome 2 года назад +1

    They have a Pinola at the May Gibbs Nutcote in Sydney, Australia. I was able to have a go not too long ago, and it played this same song! Was pretty cool trying it out!

  • @jcfuentesramon2317
    @jcfuentesramon2317 10 лет назад +4

    Thanks for shaing. It's great!

  • @umopapisdnupsidedown2938
    @umopapisdnupsidedown2938 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you Kanye, very cool!

  • @jooljool1055
    @jooljool1055 9 месяцев назад

    Is a classic song in this instrument, very well y so cool

  • @qcasey
    @qcasey 6 лет назад +2

    Marvelous!!!

  • @staceymassey5299
    @staceymassey5299 6 лет назад +2

    So awesome :)

  • @tlaferriere
    @tlaferriere 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you for sharing!

  • @8avexp
    @8avexp Год назад

    Player pianos are so cool! My niece's husband has one, and I even managed to bring one octave back up to snuff, pitch-wise, without having to completely retune it! Although it has been electrified, it still has foot pedals to manually pump the exhaust bellows.

  • @JohnDoe-zh4li
    @JohnDoe-zh4li 7 лет назад +5

    Nonetheless, a beautiful musical piece and Pianola!

  • @thatboyagain
    @thatboyagain Год назад +1

    I bought this for my airbnb, installed the Exorcist theme sheet and set it to go off at 3am

  • @semnome9536
    @semnome9536 Год назад

    I didn't know it existed. If I saw a piano and it started to play on its own, I'd run away for my life.

  • @Benlongy
    @Benlongy 7 лет назад +2

    good job !

  • @flowertrue
    @flowertrue 3 года назад +1

    Those things are so damn cool

  • @pitchmak3r75
    @pitchmak3r75 6 лет назад +1

    Yep those are some bootiful socks :3

  • @brandelemke7139
    @brandelemke7139 7 лет назад +1

    very nice !!!😍

  • @robertwesex6490
    @robertwesex6490 8 лет назад +1

    Beautiful & same speed as B.C Electric in 1898!

  • @sandigliewe2015
    @sandigliewe2015 5 лет назад +14

    We used to have an old piano like this, until it took a dive off a truck 🙁

  • @yorick22
    @yorick22 5 лет назад +2

    Great socks there mate

  • @user-vq5bo2oc9m
    @user-vq5bo2oc9m Год назад

    Моя семья имела такой инструмент в 1960-70 годы. Я на ней "играл" часами.. My family had such a tool in the 1960s and 70s. I "played" on it for hours..

  • @madskyltd
    @madskyltd 7 лет назад +2

    TOO COOL!!!

  • @rakeau
    @rakeau Год назад

    I have a Pianola in my family, I have it on offer to me, but I've not the space for it - hopefully I can figure something out. It needs restoration, but it's complete. Looks not the same but very, very similar to your one. I remember playing it a lot as a kid, probably driving my grandparents nuts in the process 😆

  • @metalman4141
    @metalman4141 6 лет назад +5

    Just fantastic i want one but with three jukeboxes in the house the wife isn’t keen on the idea 😩

  • @birdwife589
    @birdwife589 5 лет назад +1

    That’s cool

  • @e.arturocastro-frenzel8002
    @e.arturocastro-frenzel8002 2 года назад

    I still wonder how much know-how it required to build such an instrument. Certainly it was not the work of one person alone, but it took a lot of imagination, creativity and... not the last: money! Great you still have and enjoy it. Hopefully it will last for many many many generations!

  • @zacharywilliams8507
    @zacharywilliams8507 8 месяцев назад

    good going with the player piano

  • @lulux8040
    @lulux8040 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks to a book (The night of the hunter) that I know what this is. it looks so cool :D Wish I had one

  • @Ih8kone
    @Ih8kone 3 года назад +2

    They still make these but they are electric.

  • @HeatherLikesArt
    @HeatherLikesArt 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic.
    You have to go to thrift shops that sell second hand things to look for pianola scrolls.
    Crafters have started buying them and then cut them up and use them for crafting which is a shame as they are kind of rare and there's still pianolas in use that could still play them.

    • @Averageavgeekyt
      @Averageavgeekyt 2 года назад +1

      i dont get why they cut them when they could still be used

    • @HeatherLikesArt
      @HeatherLikesArt 2 года назад

      @@Averageavgeekyt I know, I think it's sad. I see other things cut up too like really old books which makes me gasp. 😂
      I suppose it's a way of upcycling. Maybe these things would just get trashed otherwise, I don't know.

  • @katiehowe3764
    @katiehowe3764 4 года назад +2

    I came here to learn what a pianola was after learning that Albert Ammons learned chord structure using one - am very pleasantly surprised

  • @benhannah2350
    @benhannah2350 4 года назад +2

    I have a pianola at home and the roll looks 100 💯 yrs old 😂

  • @johngolemba9344
    @johngolemba9344 7 лет назад +1

    A fine job Playing The Entertainer on the Pianola. Really sounds as if it were played by the master, Scott Joplin.

  • @JaneDoe-yx7rl
    @JaneDoe-yx7rl 3 года назад +1

    They're spooky👻

  • @user-dx5il5ts4x
    @user-dx5il5ts4x 4 года назад +1

    genial

  • @datnikkakleint7659
    @datnikkakleint7659 4 года назад +1

    Played so different

  • @vintagesavoiur
    @vintagesavoiur 3 года назад

    Now there's a piece of antique furniture that can talk!

  • @alexabot8969
    @alexabot8969 7 лет назад +1

    Cool

  • @salvadorguerreroarocha1798
    @salvadorguerreroarocha1798 4 года назад

    Que ingeniosos.!!!

  • @apersonyoumayknow6130
    @apersonyoumayknow6130 5 лет назад +2

    It sound good at 1.25 speed

  • @SunburntPrints
    @SunburntPrints  8 лет назад +9

    Not sure. the roll just has 'The entertainer' hand written on it.

  • @DaveTheFloomper
    @DaveTheFloomper 5 месяцев назад

    This thing has better dynamics than me.

  • @marcosPRATA918
    @marcosPRATA918 7 лет назад +1

    Uma raridade.

  • @JavierGonzalez-og6rq
    @JavierGonzalez-og6rq 3 месяца назад

    Wow😮

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад +2

    It's in pretty damn good condition cosidering the speed of your pedaling! I have a pump in my piano and a pedal unit but I use the pump, the sound is better.

    • @BigandBad99
      @BigandBad99 3 месяца назад +1

      You have any info on the roll?

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 месяца назад

      @@BigandBad99 I wish I did, I don't know anything about it though. It's an Australian Mastertouch roll.

  • @owencole2406
    @owencole2406 6 лет назад +3

    How this works is similar to a music box the pins would go plug the levers and play the tune but this is with holes in a paper

    • @johnkuzma7066
      @johnkuzma7066 3 года назад

      Its done pneumatically, the holes in the paper collapse the vacuum and then through a series of whimsical events actuate the keys.

  • @Bismuth9
    @Bismuth9 5 лет назад +2

    Hello! I am making a video that explains a concept called Tool-Assisted speedrunning. In short, since it is a sequence of inputs being played back, I compare it to a player piano, or pianola. I would like to use a short clip of your video to illustrate the piano and the roll of paper with notes punched in it. I display the source of the clips I use in the corner of the video for clips like that. Are you ok with me using it?

    • @SunburntPrints
      @SunburntPrints  5 лет назад +1

      Sure thing mate, go for it!

    • @Bismuth9
      @Bismuth9 5 лет назад +1

      @@SunburntPrints Thank you!

  • @marlonlopez1060
    @marlonlopez1060 6 лет назад

    Hipnótico!

  • @janecafarella4947
    @janecafarella4947 7 лет назад +1

    I recently bought a "restored" Schulz pianola but it's a bit of a work out and not easy to get the pedalling rhythm right. Yours looks a lot easier. You mentioned that it's not as easy as it looks but I'm wondering whether it just takes practice or I've bought a dud!

    • @SunburntPrints
      @SunburntPrints  7 лет назад +2

      Jane Cafarella It takes practice, I've been playing this for about 30 years! You kind of feel where the pedals provide a pumping action into the bellows so you don't always need to press them all the way down or let them come all the way back up again.

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 года назад

      If you have to pump really fast then the piano leaks suction. Best to get a player restored by a professional.

  • @picklesonmayo
    @picklesonmayo 7 лет назад +6

    The video should be ASMR

  • @marcgoodman4228
    @marcgoodman4228 4 года назад +1

    Good piano NAME of piano and Name of Roll COmpany and performer and PLEASE, use the levers to give some expression Thanks

    • @spookdoggtv6917
      @spookdoggtv6917 3 года назад

      Not asking for much are ya, have you even subscribed to his channel? 🙄

  • @itsjawzgaming
    @itsjawzgaming 7 лет назад +9

    4:10 be kind and rewind

  • @keemez
    @keemez 7 лет назад +1

    Is it just me, or does the beginning have a somewhat BackToTheFuture-esque element to it? Buildup to the big BYOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW.....

  • @Miquel396
    @Miquel396 3 месяца назад

    Los pedales mueven el mecanismo como en las maquinas de coser y como en las maquinas de escribir o como las camaras fotograficas maneja un rollo o papel es parecido pero no igual porque ya esta en el rollo es tan genial

  • @Jacob-jq2ot
    @Jacob-jq2ot 3 года назад

    👍👍

  • @DARGARRETT
    @DARGARRETT 7 лет назад +2

    question: why/how does the pianola work? (like what are the holes' functionality)

    • @charlesvandergrift3126
      @charlesvandergrift3126 6 лет назад +2

      It's vacuum operated I believe. His foot pedaling makes the vacuum to run the machine and the holes allow a mechanism to actuate which strikes the strings and plays the notes. I'm not exactly sure what the mechanism is that lies between the holes in the paper and the hammers which hit the strings, but I imagine it must be similar to a pneumatic cylinder.

    • @DARGARRETT
      @DARGARRETT 6 лет назад +1

      alright thanks.

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 года назад

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_piano

  • @smichelin19
    @smichelin19 2 года назад

    f# major lowkey sounds nice

  • @ShirleyYAJOKIN-cx3ro
    @ShirleyYAJOKIN-cx3ro Месяц назад

    I enjoy 2x speed but 1x speed is nice for nostalgia.

  • @ilikeceral3
    @ilikeceral3 2 месяца назад +1

    I wonder if you could make it play rush e

  • @mirrormirror5515
    @mirrormirror5515 2 года назад

    is it possilbe to use pianola as usual piano?

  • @MohsenBisher
    @MohsenBisher 10 месяцев назад

    ❤😊❤❤😊

  • @conbro0985
    @conbro0985 6 лет назад +2

    Westworld

  • @ap282521
    @ap282521 8 лет назад

    In castle Hořovice is exposition of machine recording music

  • @enriquediazarellano1866
    @enriquediazarellano1866 5 лет назад +2

    Can l have the songs name? Please.

  • @alexballantine3973
    @alexballantine3973 8 лет назад +1

    Who composed this piece? It sounds different to any Entertainer version I've heard and I really like it ;)

    • @surprisedwatermelon1794
      @surprisedwatermelon1794 8 лет назад

      Scott Joplin made it. I really like his version of the song. Although i think this is Scott Joplin's.

    • @alexballantine3973
      @alexballantine3973 8 лет назад

      SuprisedWatermelon Cool

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 года назад

      It's a piano roll that some one arranged, they're always different.

  • @robertomacedonio8619
    @robertomacedonio8619 8 месяцев назад

    Dear Robert, this is Roberto Macedonio, CyLTV's journalist. We would like to use images of this video in one of our news broadcast, could it be possible? We could reference your RUclips Channel. Thank you so much. Waiting for your response! Best regards, Roberto.

  • @rcmac206
    @rcmac206 2 года назад

    I wish ours was working

  • @wyatt6109
    @wyatt6109 8 лет назад +15

    My player is broken and out of tune. 😞

    • @ideallyjekyl5200
      @ideallyjekyl5200 7 лет назад +8

      A tuning hammer costs about 40 dollars and learning how to tune a piano is priceless.

    • @skeelr311
      @skeelr311 6 лет назад

      Ideally Jekyl don't forget broken

    • @TheCornishGingerOfficial
      @TheCornishGingerOfficial 5 лет назад

      @@skeelr311 how to fix a piano is also priceless 😂

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад

      That's to bad. You can still play it if you get it tuned though :-).

  • @madskyltd
    @madskyltd 7 лет назад +4

    but what are the foot pedals for?

    • @madskyltd
      @madskyltd 7 лет назад +1

      that is cool as hell. so it is like an old pump organ? is there a regulator of some kind that keeps a constant pressure to the piano so it plays at an even speed, or if you pump too fast it will cause the song to play faster (or slower)? thanks for the share. i love these things...mechanical orchestra's, etc

    • @SunburntPrints
      @SunburntPrints  7 лет назад +1

      yep!

    • @kennnethnutt9300
      @kennnethnutt9300 7 лет назад +2

      The speed is regulated by the pianola setting,slow steady pumping is all that's needed,if you are pumping your guts out it means the pipes or bellows are leaking,well over a hundred bellows and pipes to possibly leak.The pedals are worked by ones ankles and soles of the feet,the legs don't need to move.Hope this helps explain.

    • @cheese-yx4jv
      @cheese-yx4jv 4 года назад +1

      madskyltd hello!!

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 года назад

      @@madskyltd There's a suction reservoir to keep the pumping even.

  • @ozzietadziu
    @ozzietadziu Год назад

    Who arranged (played) this roll?