Joe, can you slow the music down? Nevertheless, awesome, going back to powerhouse Museum Sydney where there is still a very working fotoplayer:-) and a very skilled player!
I think there's a dig there somewhere but luckily nobody will ever read it it's so long ago at least he has the machine and you don't if you did you could play any damn way you wanted to but you're probably never see this either so who
John, I prefer listening to you and your friends' hand-playing of rags, but I do own a player piano, and it's far better than my own hand-playing. I agree, thought, I think that Joe could have run the roll at about half that speed and made things a bit more musical. Even Tom's Razor Blades ain't that fast.
Dani Barza I'm a percussionist and I often have to play more than 3 different instruments in one song, so I assumed that for the fotoplayer it was the same system of having the instrument printed so you know when to play which one
Love this song. Makes me want to play this on a real piano, I just don't know what to look for. Who is the composer? Or can anybody recomend some good ragtime songs? They are so funny and just something completly different.
This was assembled by putting together a few different songs, he listed the names, but the only one I recognized was the last one: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin.
I read that there are only 12 known that still work but between 8-10 thousand were made. You have some mad skills :) I am wondering if you are able to get new scrolls? Are those still around?
With the American Fotoplayer, there were approximately 4,500 built between 1911 - 1926. Sadly only about 52 are known to exist. Out of this small amount only about 12 play world wide. There were other manufactures of Photoplayers other than American. Wurlitzer, Link ,Seeburg, Cremona and Hupfeld to name a few. They didn't individually produce as many Photoplayers as American did so only a hand full of these other makes survive today.
I assume the is the machine now in the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? Wonderful machine though the tempo of this is a bit on the hot side!
The rolls are played so fast. That they are almost unlistenable. Scott Joplin would caution on the sheet music that his tunes were to be played at a moderate tempo!!
I wish I could like this multiple times! However, I do agree that this was played much too fast: a slower speed would allow the melody and syncopation to come out far more clearly. And "Good old Scott" himself said, "Ragtime should never be played fast."
the piano, organ and xylophone play themselves, leaving the operator to play the drums, cymbals and sound effects, and control which organ pipes play along with the piano and whether the xylophone plays, as well as the piano's sustain (and loading and rewinding the rolls of course).
I had to admit I thought you were just poo-pooing (as people too often do in comments) but you're completely correct. Any time you look at ragtime sheet music it says something like "Slowly", "Not fast", etc. The short notes in the syncopation end up sounding janky and with this machine some of the instruments are straying off the beat and it sounds off. Slower would be better.
Depends on the scene in the movie he is playing for, it's far more effective in silent films when the tempo is adjusted to suit what is happening on screen.
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So glad that I came across this guy on RUclips such an interesting duo man & machine. Thanks for all the entertainment.
They would say the same when those Foto pianos came out.
Love this! Wish they still made player pianos this way - like a full orchestra! Bravo, Joe!
That's how old dj's were backthen
Yeah
these machines are probably 100 years old now
Why?
@@sneaker_thistle They were first made in the 1910’s, with the last made in the 1920’s, so precisely.
@@sneaker_thistle This machine is about 110 years old.
I love those videos! You are a fantastic person! Please, make some more.
Thank you! Hopefully we will have some more time soon to make more videos. Thank you for asking!
I love the fast pace!😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
This guy puts on a better show than Justin Beiber.
Lol who's Justin Beiber?
@@daepicdrawingzpro1672 same for Justin Bieber!
Come on, a waffle iron puts on a better show than Justin Beiber
@@alexmarcum8521 well yes but actualy yes not gona lie
Fantastic ❤
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where did you get this fotoplayer from it has two cabinets instead of the style 20 with one.
Maple Leaf Rag!!!
Joe, can you slow the music down? Nevertheless, awesome, going back to powerhouse Museum Sydney where there is still a very working fotoplayer:-) and a very skilled player!
Try playing it at .75 - it sounds great at that speed, and is still pretty fast!
@@ferociousgumby Not really. It still sounds like a mess, just a slower mess.
@@rolfs2165 Play it back at 2! It sounds science-fictiony.
I think there's a dig there somewhere but luckily nobody will ever read it it's so long ago at least he has the machine and you don't if you did you could play any damn way you wanted to but you're probably never see this either so who
This is Phantom of the opera's cousin
Mortal of the Ragtime
One of those tunes was "Coffee Grinder " by Sydney Bechet
Thanks Joe, could we get you to
Play California Here I Come Again?
The only recording of it I have is when Huell Houser visited you.
Imagine being high playing this piano
Too late I already imagined it
That's a really high temp sir
John, I prefer listening to you and your friends' hand-playing of rags, but I do own a player piano, and it's far better than my own hand-playing. I agree, thought, I think that Joe could have run the roll at about half that speed and made things a bit more musical. Even Tom's Razor Blades ain't that fast.
+amazing763 thanks for the compliments. And Toms piece is a real fingerbuster. I agree
@@amazing7633 We recorded Razor Blades on wax cylinder a few years back. Tom played.
"Pot pourey"😂😂😂
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Hit it Joe
El primer workstations . jeje
Does the music roll tell you what and when to activate the different instruments, or is it completely up to the player?
Todd Babbert the roll just tell the notes, the instruments are up to All the switches he activates
Thanks for the info Dani!
Dani Barza I'm a percussionist and I often have to play more than 3 different instruments in one song, so I assumed that for the fotoplayer it was the same system of having the instrument printed so you know when to play which one
Love this song. Makes me want to play this on a real piano, I just don't know what to look for. Who is the composer? Or can anybody recomend some good ragtime songs?
They are so funny and just something completly different.
Scott Joplin
This was assembled by putting together a few different songs, he listed the names, but the only one I recognized was the last one: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin.
I read that there are only 12 known that still work but between 8-10 thousand were made. You have some mad skills :) I am wondering if you are able to get new scrolls?
Are those still around?
They're called rolls, not scrolls, and they are readily available.
With the American Fotoplayer, there were approximately 4,500 built between 1911 - 1926. Sadly only about 52 are known to exist. Out of this small amount only about 12 play world wide. There were other manufactures of Photoplayers other than American. Wurlitzer, Link ,Seeburg, Cremona and Hupfeld to name a few. They didn't individually produce as many Photoplayers as American did so only a hand full of these other makes survive today.
This is a different one from his usual one in his house.
@@joerinaudo6228 Thank you for this info
Black&White&Meapleleaf Rag
I assume the is the machine now in the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? Wonderful machine though the tempo of this is a bit on the hot side!
The rolls are played so fast. That they are almost unlistenable. Scott Joplin would caution on the sheet music that his tunes were to be played at a moderate tempo!!
Fantastic nevertheless
I wish I could like this multiple times!
However, I do agree that this was played much too fast: a slower speed would allow the melody and syncopation to come out far more clearly.
And "Good old Scott" himself said, "Ragtime should never be played fast."
What model is this foto player?
Style 40 or 41, as opposed to the 20 he has at home.
What style is this fotoplayer
40 or 41, as opposed to the 20 he has at home.
Y-haaaaaaaaaa'))))
I don't care who you are, that is cool that one machine can do all this.
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wait....did someone move that thing?!
It sounds like super Mario maker
I was hoping to hear the one about the big baby duck that got his head stuck in a stewed tomato.
OH GOD THE INSTRUMENT HAS MODULAR COMPONENTS
"Do not play this rag fast. It is never right to play rag-time fast." Scott Joplin
Don't tell him what to do it's his photo player he can play it anyway he likes. If you don't want to listen to it turn it off
I thought the man was gonna play piano! 😂😭💔🤷♂️
the piano, organ and xylophone play themselves, leaving the operator to play the drums, cymbals and sound effects, and control which organ pipes play along with the piano and whether the xylophone plays, as well as the piano's sustain (and loading and rewinding the rolls of course).
Sorry Joe but these tunes are played too fast, even Winifred Attwell didn't play the piano this fast and she was brilliant!!
I had to admit I thought you were just poo-pooing (as people too often do in comments) but you're completely correct. Any time you look at ragtime sheet music it says something like "Slowly", "Not fast", etc. The short notes in the syncopation end up sounding janky and with this machine some of the instruments are straying off the beat and it sounds off. Slower would be better.
Way too fast
1.5 Speed for extra madness
What does extra madness mean?
Too fast again !
It's all MUCH too fast!! For a more enjoyable listening pleasure, it's best played back at .70 speed.
Joe did it better
WAY WAY TOO FAST!!
Do you really think this sounds good that fast? It doesn't.
Depends on the scene in the movie he is playing for, it's far more effective in silent films when the tempo is adjusted to suit what is happening on screen.
Too much talk.
Try the fast forward button, friend. It will work wonders.