"Mister Sandman" on a 1916 Behr Bros. Player Piano

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @jbwebster
    @jbwebster 3 года назад +235

    "Wanna listen to some music, yeah? Hold on, I put some roll into the machine..." You'll never be as cool as that.

  • @johncarcher
    @johncarcher 4 года назад +201

    I really want a piano like this. They're just so fascinating and sound beautiful.

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад +2

      Speaking of, have you managed to get your hands one yet?

    • @johncarcher
      @johncarcher 4 года назад +10

      @@PiotrBarcz I have found one, but I am waiting for the price to go down (It goes down £5 every friday that the item is not bought) It was £90, now £65 soon to go down to £60.

    • @folkert2938
      @folkert2938 3 года назад +4

      @@johncarcher Wow thats cheap. You got one now?

    • @johncarcher
      @johncarcher 3 года назад +2

      @@folkert2938 Nah. I'm still looking though!

    • @brentcoombs5293
      @brentcoombs5293 3 года назад +30

      @@johncarcher If you're not prepared to pay 65 pounds plus delivery for a working Player Piano, then you really don't want one after all. Cheers.

  • @jalbert222
    @jalbert222 10 месяцев назад +23

    Nate...my dad played piano exactly like this. I have watched this over and over....and then I am a kid again in the 1950's, listening to dad and his great stride and ragtime style.

    • @rty1955
      @rty1955 10 месяцев назад +1

      you DO realize that the base of the song is played with a one person and then LOTS of notes are added by another. it was not just person playing this piano roll. no ONE person could play this many notes at a time

    • @jalbert222
      @jalbert222 9 месяцев назад +6

      You never heard my father. Striding with both left and right hands. Do I know player piano rolls often add additional notes and sustain notes otherwise not sustainable? Sure. Either way, the Sandman piece is what it is. I think a huge part is the playing of melody with full chords. Great.

    • @Codi892
      @Codi892 9 дней назад

      I bet your father used to call black people the n-word too

  • @ArchieL-b7c
    @ArchieL-b7c 2 месяца назад +6

    It's a bit eerie or unearthly watching those keys moving by themselves and producing such a catchy, perfectly executed piece of music. Thanks for uploading this.

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz 5 лет назад +135

    I really like the bouncy ragtime feel of this song! That piano is also unparalleled!

    • @imploud
      @imploud 3 года назад +2

      I see you are a big pianola lover :)

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 года назад +1

      @@imploud Yeah, I have one

    • @imploud
      @imploud 3 года назад +1

      @@PiotrBarcz I am jealous :D. Hey, I have just realized your name sounds polish... Aren't you from Poland?

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 года назад +1

      @@imploud I am from Poland, and judging by the letters in your name I'm going to guess you are from either Slovakia, Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic :)

    • @imploud
      @imploud 3 года назад +2

      @@PiotrBarcz Very well, I am from Czechia :D (Czechoslovakia doesn't exist yet, we split in Czechia and Slovakia 30 years ago.) I am extremely surprised that in Poland it was possible to obtain a pianola :O! How did you get it? (You can answer in Polish, I understand a bit :D)

  • @helengvozdovskaya5385
    @helengvozdovskaya5385 3 года назад +60

    It's so weird to look at a piano that is playing itself but the melody is really great. Awesome!

    • @MrCrowebobby
      @MrCrowebobby 2 года назад +3

      I remember the first time the computer people in the office took over my keyboard; scared the shit out of me for a second.

  • @drewmfie
    @drewmfie 7 месяцев назад +7

    "Sid Laney" is a pseudonym of J. Lawrence Cook, a master arranger for solo piano, and the most recorded piano roll artist of all time. Very influential on jazz pianists during the 20s and 30s.

  • @AprilTeniente-eu1mj
    @AprilTeniente-eu1mj 4 месяца назад +5

    I see an elephant on a top of the piano!!

  • @dorothywells-wz5nr
    @dorothywells-wz5nr 4 месяца назад +2

    Wow this music is great. This was my favorite song when I was little and I hecame a Hollywood songwriter. DORO

  • @MrCrowebobby
    @MrCrowebobby 3 года назад +18

    Fell madly in love to this song at 16 -- unrequited of course -- and it revives all those emotions every time I hear it. Sixteen will always be the magical age for me.

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  3 года назад +1

      It's a favorite of mine also!

    • @folkert2938
      @folkert2938 3 года назад +2

      I am 15 right now but this song is beatiful

    • @bencarter8324
      @bencarter8324 2 года назад +1

      I fell in love with it at 13. I'm 19 now and love it just as much!

    • @MrCrowebobby
      @MrCrowebobby 2 года назад +2

      @@bencarter8324 I'm 85 and 1/2 and can't even remember being 19, but I remember this song.

  • @michaeltreadwell777
    @michaeltreadwell777 10 месяцев назад +4

    Now that's a really nice Player Piano and in tune too. Sounds great.

  • @petergroverd6626
    @petergroverd6626 Год назад +3

    Many years ago when I was a kid my uncle Billy used to play this on our piano which sounded just like this one. Oh happy days.

  • @starlodear2987
    @starlodear2987 Месяц назад +2

    Haunted piano.

  • @ThiCath
    @ThiCath Год назад +2

    I gotta thank the my grandmas soul for playing this

  • @QuandtHenderson
    @QuandtHenderson 2 года назад +4

    The little elephant seems to enjoy "Mr. Sandman" almost as much as I do. Thanks for sharing this magnificent piece, The piano is in wonderful tune as well!

    • @pattyoconnell1950s
      @pattyoconnell1950s 2 года назад +1

      I knew a neighbor from Deal NJ
      She had so many elephant statues in her home. They had to face a certain way a superstition I guess?

  • @iamtheralwus
    @iamtheralwus 4 года назад +13

    This is such an amazing song! And this arrangement is brilliantly executed.

  • @omar_rasidagic
    @omar_rasidagic 5 лет назад +19

    Great roll, thanks for posting! Love the diagram of the player piano on the left too!

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  5 лет назад +7

      It is a 1904 patent that is called out in the spoolbox of my player piano.

  • @ThePolaroid669
    @ThePolaroid669 3 года назад +4

    wow - very awesome roll and piano!

  • @pattyoconnell1950s
    @pattyoconnell1950s 2 года назад +4

    My dad sang and whistled this to me so many times❤️

  • @huntrrams
    @huntrrams 3 года назад +2

    I love this composition of this song!!!

  • @johnderby8921
    @johnderby8921 2 года назад +2

    A great oldie!!

  • @tilmanluther1887
    @tilmanluther1887 3 года назад +4

    This sounds very nice and the piano is elegant

  • @threnody4955
    @threnody4955 5 лет назад +8

    I would be so happy if someone transcribed this

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  5 лет назад +2

      Sheet music for this song can easily be found on Google. I purchased it for less than $6.

    • @PirelliNelli
      @PirelliNelli 5 лет назад

      Can you please share the link?

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  5 лет назад +1

      @@PirelliNelli search for it on musicnotes.com

    • @PirelliNelli
      @PirelliNelli 5 лет назад

      There are other sheets, but not this one. I have been looking for this piece for a long time and can not find it.

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  5 лет назад

      @@PirelliNelli i don't have it

  • @playerpianogal
    @playerpianogal 5 лет назад +5

    Love this song and ALSO the sound of your piano!! Thank you for sharing!!!

  • @midnight_styx
    @midnight_styx 4 года назад +4

    I love this piano greetings from France 😍😍😍🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  4 года назад +1

      Merci!

    • @midnight_styx
      @midnight_styx 4 года назад +2

      @@merimar3 you're welcome

    • @arthurmertens2182
      @arthurmertens2182 4 года назад

      Moi aussi je trouve que ce piano est magnifique et génial
      PS je suis de Belgique

  • @sequen-cielscientific
    @sequen-cielscientific 5 лет назад +4

    Very Good! Thank.

  • @trainroomgary
    @trainroomgary 3 года назад +4

    🚂 Very cool 🎹

  • @Dark-df8es
    @Dark-df8es 4 года назад +19

    “heavy breathing intensifies”

  • @abee2488
    @abee2488 9 месяцев назад

    That's pretty wonderful!

  • @nehhen3426
    @nehhen3426 5 лет назад +3

    thank you for posting these vids, they are really cool and fun to listen to

  • @eitanyisraeli2401
    @eitanyisraeli2401 3 года назад +2

    This is amazing

  • @dgransultanaumdfederationa6661
    @dgransultanaumdfederationa6661 3 года назад +3

    591st Subscriber!

  • @jalbert222
    @jalbert222 4 месяца назад +1

    Ya know, whoever once said that 3 hands are paying this, I think is correct. Over and over, a note, like a 7th, is held, mid keyboard, while both the right and left hand are doing their thing. Obviously some enhancement added during manufacture. But wonderful!

    • @Dacat4567
      @Dacat4567 2 месяца назад +1

      You just have to play the extra note with your nose😂

  • @ThePhonographStop
    @ThePhonographStop 2 года назад +2

    Beautiful! I always wonder how someone would play these songs as the key hits are crazy lol.

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  2 года назад +2

      The extra notes are often added to make the arrangement more exciting, but the roll's music certainly isn't playable by one human in that case. They do have "4 hand arrangements" that represent two pianists playing at once. Remember, the standard rolls played here were arranged and not necessarily recorded. Reproducing rolls (which I don't yet feature on my channel) were made with a recording piano that actually recorded a pianist's performance in real time (Rachmaninoff is one such famous example). But even with those rolls the arrangers went in after recording and made adjustments/modifications.

  • @dellamcgowan7502
    @dellamcgowan7502 10 месяцев назад

    I clearly remember a firm that created & sold piano rolls. It was in an inner Sydney suburb. I wonder what happened to the building. Probably the usual - converted into something completely different.

  • @kurbs7540
    @kurbs7540 4 месяца назад

    love this piano i love and i love the sound and the vershin of this song i know how o play songs on pianos put not this song love this piano and sound

  • @vileswede
    @vileswede 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ghost pianist from the early 1910s

  • @Urko2005
    @Urko2005 2 года назад

    Awesome.

  • @meb3153
    @meb3153 2 года назад

    This is the best thing ever

  • @erickleefeld4883
    @erickleefeld4883 Год назад

    Now I’d kind of like to hear “Enter Sandman” on a player piano.

  • @obiwankenobi1176
    @obiwankenobi1176 4 года назад +8

    I want it in my house

  • @TheLoganShow20
    @TheLoganShow20 2 месяца назад +2

    0:05

  • @musicmandon1
    @musicmandon1 3 года назад +2

    love it. any more player piano recordings?

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  3 года назад

      Check out my channel! I have over 75 player piano videos alone.

  • @dangerousnoodle3730
    @dangerousnoodle3730 5 лет назад +3

    I love this song

  • @roaringtwenties6215
    @roaringtwenties6215 5 лет назад +8

    May I ask why the motor in your piano has green bellows/ air pumps? Was that standard for Behr Bros Pianos, or just a touch you added? Thanks.

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  5 лет назад +6

      The green cloth is just an artifact of the professional rebuilder who worked on my air motor and tracking mechanism. All other work on the player/piano was done by me, but the air motor/tracking mechanism I couldn't quite get right, so I sent it out. I'm glad he recovered them with green cloth - it's my favorite color! From what I understand many original players would have had black, green, or a red/magenta cloth as the standard.

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 5 лет назад +1

      @@merimar3 My Francis Bacon has the black make-over.

    • @johncarcher
      @johncarcher 4 года назад

      How do you know the colour/color of the bellows without seeing them?

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  3 года назад

      @@johncarcher they can all be seen when you take it apart. I've had this entire piano torn apart before. The hidden bellows in the stack are black in color.

  • @Sanderus
    @Sanderus 6 месяцев назад

    Michael Meyers loves this :]

  • @Sonictrainkid
    @Sonictrainkid 3 года назад +2

    that is what i call ragtime

  • @kimgayton6953
    @kimgayton6953 2 года назад

    where can I purchase the music scrolls I'm getting one but there's no music rolls with it help

    • @merimar3
      @merimar3  2 года назад

      Just search for "piano roll" on eBay. Also can be found at antique stores, Craigslist, and Facebook marketplace

  • @MrLotso89
    @MrLotso89 4 года назад +2

    I picture Michael Myers walking into an saloon and this plays on the piano

  • @rayrecall-reviews
    @rayrecall-reviews 4 месяца назад

    Giving Wallace amd Gromit vibes for some reason 👍

  • @davidhess6593
    @davidhess6593 2 месяца назад

    Interesting. I didn't know Liberace was around in 1916....

  • @tjstaples6677
    @tjstaples6677 4 года назад +1

    Does anyone know where i can get the sheet/score?

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад

      Don't know, Google might turn something up...

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад

      musescore.com/user/89013/scores/104439 here's something, you can't print or download it (unless you get the subscription) but I guess you can screen-shot it...

  • @raymondny123
    @raymondny123 Год назад

    about how much would this cost? also can they all play the same type of role or is too specific models only space specific types of roles

  • @BoReads
    @BoReads Год назад

    Nice ghost you got to play that.

  • @SignoreVitor
    @SignoreVitor Год назад

    Mr. Sandman - Instrumental Violão/Guitar Fingerstyle:
    ruclips.net/video/02dFFyFEpfA/видео.html&ab_channel=SignoreVitor

  • @pauldickinson3961
    @pauldickinson3961 4 года назад

    Congratulations, you played yourself

  • @Lestercortez128
    @Lestercortez128 Год назад

    Awesome! Does it repeat the song endlessly or it stops after 1 play?

  • @CrazyCoolGaming
    @CrazyCoolGaming 6 месяцев назад

    Anyone got a transcription of this I’d love to play it!

    • @tutentyp6934
      @tutentyp6934 6 месяцев назад

      Hey! I made a transcription of this performance and uploaded it on muescore. Just type in "Mr. Sandman" and sort by advanced.

  • @worldwidewallets
    @worldwidewallets Год назад +1

    This is beautiful :) do you mind if use this as background music for a video I’m making?

  • @PolymerJones
    @PolymerJones 3 года назад +1

    How does it play itself LOL 🤔

    • @krystalharwood6359
      @krystalharwood6359 2 года назад

      the rollers read the music and it is transferred over to the keys...sorta like the synthesia game with virtual keyboard

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад

    Sid Laney... J Lawrence Cook actually...

    • @bobjenks8714
      @bobjenks8714 4 года назад +2

      One of many pseudonyms Cook used

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад

      @@bobjenks8714 Yup.

  • @matthewneuls6245
    @matthewneuls6245 8 месяцев назад

    What horror movie is this song from?

  • @BeefLuverXD
    @BeefLuverXD Год назад

    this reminds me of the episode of booba (a kids show!!)

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz 4 года назад +1

    here's a high-quality audio video, on a perfectly restored Ampico at a slower tempo: ruclips.net/video/QpDnxyQ4nk4/видео.html

  • @reneegoocey164
    @reneegoocey164 Год назад

    What is the tempo on this song?

  • @TheMaeLeaf
    @TheMaeLeaf 7 месяцев назад +10

    When your piano is more talented than you... :(

    • @marcusmining5505
      @marcusmining5505 3 месяца назад +2

      You don’t play the piano. The piano plays you.

  • @the_surgeon049monke6
    @the_surgeon049monke6 3 года назад

    This plays better than me 😔

    • @PiotrBarcz
      @PiotrBarcz 3 года назад

      Hard to beat a player piano roll...

  • @sophiakatemanansala2880
    @sophiakatemanansala2880 2 года назад

    That's so scary in the ghost playing it that's not you that you're not playing the piano because you're sleeping at your bed but there have other have a ghost who is playing piano

  • @SammyChicoGaming
    @SammyChicoGaming 2 года назад

    why is a ghost playing it

  • @itsRemco
    @itsRemco 6 месяцев назад +2

    I made a synthesia video of this one:
    ruclips.net/video/PhatOsXwGzI/видео.html

  • @Graham-445
    @Graham-445 6 месяцев назад

    2024

  • @wyatt9144
    @wyatt9144 Месяц назад

    Theres a fine line between out of tune and honkey tonk. This ran right over it like a drunk guy in a bar fight.

  • @ryunao3677
    @ryunao3677 2 года назад

    Piano Basado

  • @TheLoganShow20
    @TheLoganShow20 2 месяца назад +2

    1:07

  • @TheLoganShow20
    @TheLoganShow20 2 месяца назад +2

    0:04

  • @TheLoganShow20
    @TheLoganShow20 Месяц назад +2

    0:23

  • @TheLoganShow20
    @TheLoganShow20 2 месяца назад +2

    1:06

  • @TheLoganShow20
    @TheLoganShow20 Месяц назад +2

    0:48