"AVE MARIA" Played On 1905 MIRA 18 1/2 Inch Concert Grand Console Music Box

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  • Опубликовано: 11 июн 2011
  • Here is a lovely rendition of Charles Gounod's "Ave Maria" ("Hail Mary") as played on one of our 1905 18 1/2 inch Mira Concert Grand console music boxes. I have always enjoyed listening to the piece on this particular music box as it never fails to leave me speechless. I have played this same selection on music box discs from my collection on our 20 1/2 inch Olympia music box, 15 1/2 inch Reginaphone and 17 1/4 inch Stella and this particular rendiion on this box produces the finest rendition of all of them. Thanks for stopping in.
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  • @henrikevertsson8702
    @henrikevertsson8702 3 года назад +1997

    Musical boxes are magical, but also a bit sad. It's like "canned" emotions. Crystal clear and vibrant, but strangely lifeless.

    • @topophil
      @topophil 3 года назад +147

      I could not agree more. I think it shows you that music does not really come from the musical instrument, but somewhere else.

    • @nooffence2769
      @nooffence2769 3 года назад +19

      *deep

    • @anthonybawia99
      @anthonybawia99 3 года назад +33

      @@topophil couldn’t agree more. We can see that the music needs both the instrument but mainly the person who plays on it. He creates the emotions, the atmosphere and how the audience consumes the sound. It’s wonderful

    • @picleus
      @picleus 3 года назад +46

      Ehh, entirely electronic music, never "played" music exists and is often beautiful and full of emotion.
      Music boxes are in the same realm, but they are generally not used in innovative ways. If you want some food for thought, check out Wintergatan's "Marble Machine." The device has manual elements, but it's a true beauty of automated music performance.
      EDIT: mitxela "More MIDI madness" here on RUclips also has some interesting, albeit silly, ideas.

    • @kdvr766
      @kdvr766 3 года назад +7

      Like marriage 🤣😢☹️

  • @DBBravo
    @DBBravo 3 года назад +1845

    The algorithm has, once again, gathered all of us

  • @HolzMichel
    @HolzMichel 9 лет назад +1304

    one can only stand in awe of the people who built these things and the skill that went into the making of the machine

    • @FireController1847
      @FireController1847 3 года назад +19

      *glares at Marble Machine X by Wintergatan*

    • @mysterioushawk2171
      @mysterioushawk2171 3 года назад +1

      True words said...

    • @FFXZeldagames
      @FFXZeldagames 3 года назад +7

      It truly is marvelous how the Muggles got along without magic.

    • @bahrambakhtiyar
      @bahrambakhtiyar 3 года назад +2

      @@FFXZeldagames Some Potterhead problems...

    • @CEBph5997
      @CEBph5997 3 года назад +1

      @@FFXZeldagames
      Yeah an RPG to the face can kill literally anyone.

  • @brightman232
    @brightman232 3 года назад +312

    knowing the fact that its from 1905, it's just mesmerising

    • @Saranaprasadam
      @Saranaprasadam 3 года назад +6

      It is older than Titanic

    • @iamabigfatbutt
      @iamabigfatbutt 3 года назад +3

      The tech behind this is no different than music boxes, which go back to the late 1700s. Now look up wire recorders and really have your mind blown.

    • @arcosprey4811
      @arcosprey4811 3 года назад

      Thats pretty recent

    • @b0wgey
      @b0wgey 3 года назад

      and i just know it today.

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 3 года назад +5

      @@iamabigfatbutt The original technology, revolving cylinders with pins sticking out of them, was invented by the Banu Musa brothers of Baghdad in the 9th century. Many improvements have been made to the designs of musical automata since then.

  • @clubtcb
    @clubtcb 3 года назад +302

    The technical ingenuity of our forefathers never ceases to amaze me.

    • @Jakkomies
      @Jakkomies 3 года назад +8

      Upscaling a music box?

    • @johnlucas6683
      @johnlucas6683 3 года назад +8

      Working with what they have, and over time.

    • @LSK2K
      @LSK2K 3 года назад +23

      @ur door lame You sound like a moronic redditor.

    • @LSK2K
      @LSK2K 3 года назад +3

      @ur door lame Do I sound salty or do I taste salty? Maybe you should post another unfunny immense at r/politicalhumour

    • @latslarsson2001
      @latslarsson2001 3 года назад +1

      @ur door lame why does that matter lol

  • @linkmaxwell
    @linkmaxwell 3 года назад +28

    "In a hundred and fifteen years, people across the world will be listening to this device over instruments so advanced as to appear to be magic."

  • @xlemonpiex.
    @xlemonpiex. 8 лет назад +510

    that sounds so magical..

    • @Marlonxx_
      @Marlonxx_ 3 года назад +4

      Me also

    • @redstonecommander5190
      @redstonecommander5190 Месяц назад

      Yeah, I’m not sure about you guys but out of all the music box melodies this one hits me hard
      And if this lovable vibe literally hits you on your childhood memories this feeling becomes amplified by how deeply emotional and fragile you are

  • @RetiredLover
    @RetiredLover 3 года назад +84

    This brings a tear to my eye, the sound of past. I can picture people gathered around this instrument in an old Victorian living room, the logs in the fireplace crackling with Mom &Dad sitting in the overstuffed chairs and the red velvet curtains behind them, us kinds on the large area rug. The gas lights flickering and the snow swirling outside the picture window.

    • @henrikrulofs9636
      @henrikrulofs9636 Год назад +3

      Yes, wonderful description and I thought similar, remembering one pair of my great-grandparents married 6 years earlier and the other beautiful couple one year later. Deo gratias

    • @kevinmooney1214
      @kevinmooney1214 Год назад +1

      I agree with you.

    • @Valay.
      @Valay. 11 месяцев назад +1

      Imagina building a french chateau just to house this incredible piece of engineering history and piece of art

    • @Valay.
      @Valay. 11 месяцев назад +1

      I absolutely love ur description

  • @jessetaylor7532
    @jessetaylor7532 3 года назад +207

    I don't know what I was expecting it to sound like but that was not it. absolutely love how it sounds though.

    • @segoon2000
      @segoon2000 3 года назад +5

      You were expecting maybe Schubert's Ave Maria. This one is by a different composer, named Gounod.

  • @ecosseza4030
    @ecosseza4030 3 года назад +42

    As an early Gen X i think we vastly underestimate the engineering of what came before us, I am in tears and speechless.

  • @kristianbailes2974
    @kristianbailes2974 6 лет назад +530

    imagine this playing Christmas music

    • @arbreshaismajli5617
      @arbreshaismajli5617 3 года назад +20

      kristian I would sleep with this song by the fire place

    • @Abcd123Alex
      @Abcd123Alex 3 года назад +2

      Ikr

    • @NorthernChev
      @NorthernChev 3 года назад +4

      Ugh...

    • @sarahpursley719
      @sarahpursley719 3 года назад +6

      Beats Mariah Carey Christmas any day.

    • @williamgardner5256
      @williamgardner5256 3 года назад +2

      Problay my favourite version on this instrument
      ruclips.net/video/mfsNPwGCSTo/видео.html

  • @LittleLion93
    @LittleLion93 8 лет назад +281

    This is a soundtrack of a dream *___*

  • @andreweliason713
    @andreweliason713 9 лет назад +308

    Thank you for the good quality audio recording.

  • @lucasdealmeida8098
    @lucasdealmeida8098 8 лет назад +100

    I was expecting the one by Schubert, but this is good too

  • @Danstarr13
    @Danstarr13 3 года назад +462

    bro is this physical midi???
    cos holy shit that's cool

    • @helmetedautistic8647
      @helmetedautistic8647 3 года назад +40

      Then you should check music paper piano.

    • @impossibleworld924
      @impossibleworld924 3 года назад +2

      @@helmetedautistic8647 what i was gonna say lmao

    • @SDrizzy
      @SDrizzy 3 года назад +2

      @@helmetedautistic8647 what is that? tried looking it up

    • @ethanlai1044
      @ethanlai1044 3 года назад +13

      @@SDrizzy a player piano is a piano that plays itself using paper rolls with music encoded in them.

    • @novaflame4812
      @novaflame4812 3 года назад +8

      @@helmetedautistic8647 yeah, there's also the carnival calliope, which is a self playing pipe organ, and they are a real treat to watch and listen to. And most modern pipe organs have a midi function too, mind you, a computer is usually required to be hooked up, but some older models use the music paper that player piano's and calliopes used back in the old days as well, so despite it's popularity as a digital format, midi has been around for quite some time as a self playing music format.

  • @SphinxxGames
    @SphinxxGames 3 года назад +146

    RUclips in 2021: Look at this, dude!!

  • @terenas1986
    @terenas1986 10 лет назад +18

    The Mira and the Stella give the nicest sounds as far as I can hear... breathtaking.

  • @helenabulati9820
    @helenabulati9820 3 года назад +4

    I did not expect to be suddenly taken to a different, beautiful world, today. When the music started i felt as if i had traveled to a beautiful fantasy world like Howl's flower garden.. this was magical

  • @stuartdickinson5282
    @stuartdickinson5282 5 лет назад +5

    I never get bored from hearing this, someone did a sterling job in restoring this mechanical marvel ! I would sure like to meet the lucky chap who owns this ! Always a pleasure to hear and It makes me think of Maria callas who like this superb instrument, does justice to Ave Maria ! Thank you for sharing !

  • @aisforamerica2185
    @aisforamerica2185 3 года назад +7

    My great-grandmother had one of these in her house when I was growing up. Wonderful memories.

  • @dinomate01
    @dinomate01 9 лет назад +74

    This is pure "Magic" Thanks for posting this !

  • @frankrodriguezponte9960
    @frankrodriguezponte9960 5 месяцев назад

    Its Just a wonderful invention!!!,Is so beautiful that I only can enjoy and smile❤❤❤❤

  • @manniponti
    @manniponti 6 лет назад +4

    Great music, music of a dream.....

  • @urbanexplorer1996
    @urbanexplorer1996 13 лет назад +1

    ........wow .......best song ever !

  • @markmaifarth1822
    @markmaifarth1822 2 года назад

    Beautiful chimes such as this from heaven from five to to ten seconds then our lady spoke greetings “hi mark” with such a beautiful tender voice. Chimes like these remember of that moment between sleep and awake.2006-2007?

  • @paulwalker2401
    @paulwalker2401 6 лет назад +9

    I've only ever seen these on TV programmes ,,and they are absolutely beautiful, the music is stunning and the sound truly amazing,, love to have one,, loved this music and the video, brilliant..

  • @finnmccool684
    @finnmccool684 3 года назад +4

    It's absolutely stunning. I especially love the echoing effect of the fading note phrases. Incredible.

  • @HolzMichel
    @HolzMichel 10 лет назад +58

    hard to count how many times in the last few months i've listened to this...thank you so much for the upload

    • @bandkid3529
      @bandkid3529 3 года назад +1

      Commenting to get you to listen to it again after 6 years

  • @DisneyJF
    @DisneyJF 3 года назад

    That is the power of Music, it makes men create ingenious machines just to listen to it. Absolutely Amazing.

  • @GabeNotNewell
    @GabeNotNewell 3 года назад +3

    WHY THIS DOES NOT HAVE MILLION VIEWS??? ITS AWESOME!!!!!

  • @ninirosso9866
    @ninirosso9866 Год назад

    Yes! It's enjoyed me a lot! Thanks and greetings from Argentina!🇦🇷

  • @cornchipcharlie9370
    @cornchipcharlie9370 6 лет назад +3

    What a beautiful piece of musical technologies. Absolutely wonderful

  • @Fuelys
    @Fuelys 7 лет назад +7

    This song is like a travel to magical land. I love it thank you for sharing !

  • @tsuki7905
    @tsuki7905 3 года назад +36

    Someone tell me that I'm not the only one who found this in my recommended 10 years after they posted this

    • @jermafan9158
      @jermafan9158 3 года назад +1

      You’re not the only one who found this in your recommended 10 years after they posted this

    • @dinkledankle
      @dinkledankle 3 года назад

      Looking at the dozens/hundreds of comments posted only days before your's, I'd say no.

  • @user-de2iu9vb7z
    @user-de2iu9vb7z 3 года назад +2

    Certainly this makes me feel nostalgic.
    However, when I see and listen to this, the smile of the proud craftsman when I finish making this and let someone listen to it comes to my mind, and I also smile.

  • @Mr_x_19922
    @Mr_x_19922 4 года назад +3

    Beautiful, imagine listening to that beauty in 1905

  • @Smashinz2002
    @Smashinz2002 12 лет назад +9

    @MusicBoxBoy I just love music, both creating it, playing it, and listening to it. To me, these antique music boxes provide a perfectly accurate revisitation of the sounds of the late 1800's and very early 1900's. There are very few things which can provide such an experience, putting you 'right there' yet again to enjoy it as it was (and still is). Oh, and let's not forget the artistic value of the machine itself, considering also just how much work went into building them, a much slower pace

  • @Smashinz2002
    @Smashinz2002 12 лет назад +23

    That was absolutely beautiful !! When I was a little kid, my great aunt had a large music box like this, and several tune sheets, but not this song that I can remember. Also, I had forgotten how wonderful the sustain is through the wooden box, it sounds sooo great!

  • @crackheadengineer3716
    @crackheadengineer3716 3 года назад +21

    literally the first design of musical records

  • @lunatunaluna
    @lunatunaluna 9 лет назад +310

    dat is one fancy music box ( = w = )

  • @drwklam888
    @drwklam888 10 лет назад +1

    An absolutely gorgeous piece that comes to life in this state of the art music box. Bravo!

  • @herculean616
    @herculean616 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful.

  • @garyrizwan1024
    @garyrizwan1024 3 года назад +1

    and here I am listening to this on a Holy Monday evening.
    Ave Maria

  • @SharpLady53
    @SharpLady53 3 года назад

    Thank you, kind sir. Lovely. 🌈

  • @Tiger-br8hq
    @Tiger-br8hq 3 года назад +7

    This will give me sweet dreams tonight

  • @cafeconmala
    @cafeconmala 6 лет назад +2

    wow thanks for sharing that with us, so amazing and dreamy... I love it

  • @leeshepherd8486
    @leeshepherd8486 10 месяцев назад

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @baishechuan
    @baishechuan 3 года назад +82

    Wonder what the stars in our galaxy would sound like, if mapped similarly to the notes played on this✨

  • @davidcoufal8724
    @davidcoufal8724 3 года назад +1

    Fascinating.

  • @barzinjahangirpour2744
    @barzinjahangirpour2744 7 лет назад +8

    ive loved music boxes all my life man

  • @richardwillemain9664
    @richardwillemain9664 7 лет назад

    always , always ,, soo wonderful...

  • @RyuuHatake
    @RyuuHatake 3 года назад +14

    This sounds like what the Astral Observatory in Majoras Mask should play after you beat the game

  • @judipodgurski5083
    @judipodgurski5083 2 года назад

    Second most beautiful sound in the world, right behind the laughter of a baby. 🥰

  • @crazymarkiplierfan
    @crazymarkiplierfan 3 года назад +7

    Imagine the first time this was ever seen by the public imagine how magical that moment must have been! But also knowing how the people from back then reacted to new things they probably thought it was witchcraft or something

    • @Ivan-xo4wo
      @Ivan-xo4wo 3 года назад +1

      This was made in the 20th century, not the middle age.

  • @stuartdickinson5282
    @stuartdickinson5282 5 лет назад +2

    Superb sound, very lovely arrangement, Every time I hear this it's as good as the first time , sounds flawless,the chap who's restored it has done a sterling job !

  • @crystalperry6370
    @crystalperry6370 6 месяцев назад

    Absolutely lovely!

  • @ninjabluewings
    @ninjabluewings 3 года назад +1

    I have always had a fascination with musical boxes and this type really is AMAZING!

  • @momouwu1937
    @momouwu1937 3 года назад +2

    music boxes always sound so nostalgic

  • @jeopardy60611
    @jeopardy60611 3 года назад +4

    I play keyboards and write original music. I have done audio recording with MIDI synths. I find it fascinating that there were machines like this that played music automatically before the MIDI days. I would be honored to have one of my original songs played by a music box like this.

    • @siegfridbautista776
      @siegfridbautista776 3 года назад +1

      I am gigging musician for almost a decade covering 60's and the techno synth sounds today but i am totally zero zero knowlsge in the midi thing.. however i ammalso impress in technological innovation back then,

    • @TheKweenII_09
      @TheKweenII_09 Год назад

      victorian music boxes are my favorite

  • @pattysminiatureworld
    @pattysminiatureworld 8 лет назад +10

    Thank you so much for sharing I have enjoyed all the discs.

  • @ricardojarquin7398
    @ricardojarquin7398 3 года назад

    Amazing ... i love music box

  • @TheJukeboxVoice
    @TheJukeboxVoice 8 лет назад +10

    So beautiful!

  • @mikegross6107
    @mikegross6107 3 года назад +2

    I love "music boxes" and always wanted to own one such as this one! Thanks for sharing this one and keep them coming.

  • @user-uy2pr9ev5g
    @user-uy2pr9ev5g 3 года назад +1

    beautiful!!!

  • @Kikirela
    @Kikirela Год назад

    Wow das war so schön, vielen Dank für das Video.

  • @romieljamesmoreno8488
    @romieljamesmoreno8488 9 лет назад +9

    Amazing I love the music ☺

  • @jmj4879
    @jmj4879 3 года назад

    Extrêmement beau. Merci beaucoup pour la mise en ligne !

  • @richardwillemain9664
    @richardwillemain9664 7 лет назад +1

    Is still just soo wonderful ! Thank you

  • @micheldubuis7597
    @micheldubuis7597 3 года назад +1

    Un son magnifique avec une telle machine.

  • @pauls7056
    @pauls7056 5 лет назад +1

    Wow! What a privilege to hear this.

  • @gottabesandi
    @gottabesandi 3 года назад +2

    This sounds so twinkly, it’s magical 🥺

  • @sionmarak1916
    @sionmarak1916 5 лет назад +1

    This piece.. This... THIS is ART!

  • @michaelheintz8853
    @michaelheintz8853 7 лет назад +2

    Just wonderful!!

  • @MusicBoxBoy
    @MusicBoxBoy  13 лет назад +2

    @CanadaPisces You are very welcome. I do enjoy my collection and it's wonderful to be able to share some of my favorites with appreciative viewers. Thank you for the nice comments!

  • @larryware1
    @larryware1 4 года назад +1

    Breathtakingly beautiful sound! Thank you for posting.

  • @elhector83
    @elhector83 3 года назад +6

    No me imaginaba que de un disco tan rudimentario podría salir una música tan bella.

  • @bengrout4103
    @bengrout4103 8 лет назад +5

    So Beautiful

  • @DebsWombat
    @DebsWombat 3 года назад

    WOW. I have no idea why this video was suggested for me, and this is not remotely what I expected it to sound like. This is beautiful. ❤️ Thank you so much!

  • @youssouphafall6966
    @youssouphafall6966 7 лет назад +14

    C'est magnifique infiniment tendrement splendide Pure merveille crème de bonheur plaisir des Oreilles rythme émotionnel. joliment Merci

  • @ricardoalves5092
    @ricardoalves5092 2 года назад +5

    Simplesmente expetacular, lindo demais. Um gênio quem desenvolveu esses dispositivos.

  • @MusicBoxBoy
    @MusicBoxBoy  12 лет назад +10

    @Smashinz2002 Thanks for your comments and for sharing the nice story. It's refreshing to hear that you also commented on one of my favorite features of a large disc music box - and that is the long lasting tone (or sustain) produced by the combs and amplified by the cabinet as the final teeth that were struck are "cooling down". It is a truly magnificent sound and really enhances the ending of a tune!

  • @DanielTorres-uv7ck
    @DanielTorres-uv7ck 3 года назад

    I thank you for showing us this beautiful piece.

  • @MusicBoxBoy
    @MusicBoxBoy  13 лет назад +3

    @WinterHaven I'm always amazed at how beautiful the arrangements were on these ancient music box discs. Thanks for the nice comments.

  • @richardwillemain9664
    @richardwillemain9664 6 лет назад

    still very special and magical ... thank you

  • @rwillemain9814
    @rwillemain9814 10 лет назад

    just so beautiful,,,,, thank you forever !!!

  • @wareidav
    @wareidav 10 лет назад

    So beautiful

  • @casimiralexander
    @casimiralexander 4 года назад +1

    Wonderous! Heavenly...

  • @merylo4360
    @merylo4360 8 лет назад +5

    Bellísimo!! ave María

  • @sashapatrick4072
    @sashapatrick4072 6 лет назад

    so hypnotic! to listen to and see it go around!

  • @richardwillemain9664
    @richardwillemain9664 6 лет назад

    Seems this playing gets better every time I hear it. Thank you, again.

  • @grey9257
    @grey9257 4 года назад

    Incredible.

  • @fernandosouzasoares734
    @fernandosouzasoares734 3 года назад

    Beautiful!!!

  • @francescaa8331
    @francescaa8331 3 года назад

    That's impressive. Lovely.

  • @andersj.gonzalez4826
    @andersj.gonzalez4826 4 года назад

    A 2 minute trip to heaven... So amazing... Thanks for posting this video!

  • @usuariodegoogle3076
    @usuariodegoogle3076 3 года назад

    Such a beautifull thing

  • @alanstone6814
    @alanstone6814 7 лет назад +1

    superb! I'd love to own one .,

  • @MusicBoxBoy
    @MusicBoxBoy  13 лет назад +3

    @mayatatyana1 Thanks for the nice comments, Maya. Great to hear that you enjoyed this!

  • @fbiopenup6008
    @fbiopenup6008 5 лет назад

    BLYATIFUL creation

  • @erickmartinez9541
    @erickmartinez9541 6 лет назад

    Absolutely Beautiful!

  • @eleanoraitken1207
    @eleanoraitken1207 9 лет назад +9

    VERY NICE TO HEAR SOME THING SO AWESOME