I could hang out with Joe all day! I wonder if Photoplayer manufactured their own player piano action or if they used something like the Standard player action.
Thabks for sharing! The record we are hearing on the Victor Orthophonic phonograph is "The Minor Drag" by Fats Waller & His Buddies. Originally the title was "The Minor Fuss" (and the flip side was "Harlem Drag"), but the record company got the titles mixed up in production, and it has had that title ever since!
The console is on display while the organ remains to be restored and installed (in the basement chambers, with a tone chute going to the two sets of swell shades in the back of the orchestra pit).
The organ is from the Strand Theatre in Modesto. It spent many years in a Porterville home, then a private collection in Visalia. The organ is a style 185sp with the factory-added Tibia Clausa.
Aha! I knew once I heard it! Angry Birds theme is old and borrowed from this wonderful musical treasure. Slow it down just a little and a few other notes, and voila! 3:45
Yes this orchestrion was formerly in the McCoy collection in Menlo Park CA. I don't know the earlier history. It was poorly stored at some previous point before Joe got it, and important parts went missing. This is a shame since it is probably the only one left. Joe and Dave have tried to reconstruct it as best as possible.
Yes there are I believe 4 additional ranks of pipes on a chest mounted on chest bearers behind the Fotoplayer piano. That includes the tuba rank etc and I think a diapason rank. I can't remember the make and provenance of the added pipes and chest. This Fotoplayer was very late (1926) and from the factory had a stacked xylophone and bell unit not ordinarily found on a model 20, mounted behind the piano. This is probably the unit currently sitting in the pit of Joe's theatre near the phonographs. It also had a triangle. This was in addition to the standard model 20 instrumentation. All the rest of the sound effects etc which it has (besides the original ones) were added by Joe in restoration. The xylo under the keyboard was added to have something to play until the rear mounted xylo/bell unit was finished.
Well, there goes the myth that Joe lives in a tiny apartment dominated by the American Fotoplayer, and that he is the bane of the neighborhood. This is a palace!
It’s a shame he doesn’t know how to use that thing….but seriously, wow. That theater is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. And for one person to do all of that is amazing.
Wow, that house is capital S Spectacular! My goodness!
Thanks for documenting this!
Over the past few weeks I’ve grown in love with these videos of Joe playing the fotoplayer, I’m glad the guy’s still playing!
Glad to see Joe's still hitting it.
Top notch. Joe's got his own little time capsule going on. Such beautiful work by an extremely talented man. Thanks of posting this!
oh my god joe!!! i havent heard anything about him in a while. im so glad hes doing well
Such an amazing musical instrument
LET HIM COOK🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
1:10 Hour lf Triumph!
I really really like very much that song, specially in the Fotoplayer
How lucky you are! I eant to go there and talk with Joe since 2020 when i am 9 years old
2:52 YES! I FINALLY KNOW WHAT AND HOW IS BACK THERE!
A real beauty!
Very nice! Such a nice restored instrument. Thanks for sharing!
such an interesting and talented man.
Someone should get in there and do a documentary of all the movie history and musical history. It would be so fun to see all that in real life.
How does this have only 5 thousand views???
I could hang out with Joe all day! I wonder if Photoplayer manufactured their own player piano action or if they used something like the Standard player action.
Thabks for sharing! The record we are hearing on the Victor Orthophonic phonograph is "The Minor Drag" by Fats Waller & His Buddies. Originally the title was "The Minor Fuss" (and the flip side was "Harlem Drag"), but the record company got the titles mixed up in production, and it has had that title ever since!
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He even has a Mighty WurliTzer in his theatre! That’s incredible! Any information regarding the provenance of the instrument?
It's 8 ranks and Joe got it probably about 8 years ago (2016?). When I get more info, I'll post here.
The console is on display while the organ remains to be restored and installed (in the basement chambers, with a tone chute going to the two sets of swell shades in the back of the orchestra pit).
The organ is from the Strand Theatre in Modesto. It spent many years in a Porterville home, then a private collection in Visalia. The organ is a style 185sp with the factory-added Tibia Clausa.
Thanks for this definitive info!
@@Yaledmot Based on information from the Junchen book, the organ is Opus 321. Location is listed as the Covell Theatre. 06/07/20 is the date listed.
amazing
So cool!
How does it produce enough vacuum to run all those things simultaneously? The bellows must be huge.
There's a separate remote suction pump and blower.
I assume you are talking about the Fotoplayer. The American Orchestra orchestrion uses the box pump in the lower left of the cabinet.
Aha! I knew once I heard it! Angry Birds theme is old and borrowed from this wonderful musical treasure. Slow it down just a little and a few other notes, and voila! 3:45
Song name anybody ? 13:20
What rolls does the nickelodeon play?
It plays G rolls
@@DuoArtOrganThanks.
Fantastic Collection Looks Like He Added Some Stopped Pipes To The Fotoplayer Thanks For posting😊
Yes this orchestrion was formerly in the McCoy collection in Menlo Park CA. I don't know the earlier history. It was poorly stored at some previous point before Joe got it, and important parts went missing. This is a shame since it is probably the only one left. Joe and Dave have tried to reconstruct it as best as possible.
Yes there are I believe 4 additional ranks of pipes on a chest mounted on chest bearers behind the Fotoplayer piano. That includes the tuba rank etc and I think a diapason rank. I can't remember the make and provenance of the added pipes and chest. This Fotoplayer was very late (1926) and from the factory had a stacked xylophone and bell unit not ordinarily found on a model 20, mounted behind the piano. This is probably the unit currently sitting in the pit of Joe's theatre near the phonographs. It also had a triangle. This was in addition to the standard model 20 instrumentation. All the rest of the sound effects etc which it has (besides the original ones) were added by Joe in restoration. The xylo under the keyboard was added to have something to play until the rear mounted xylo/bell unit was finished.
Well, there goes the myth that Joe lives in a tiny apartment dominated by the American Fotoplayer, and that he is the bane of the neighborhood. This is a palace!
holy crap, what does joe do for a living!?
How on earth did Joe get Mrs Joe to allow that contraption in her front room?😂
Maybe he gave the missus the credit cards and said "here you are honey"!
Heck, my wife won't even let me play the video.
His house looks like a bar or restaurant
It’s a shame he doesn’t know how to use that thing….but seriously, wow. That theater is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. And for one person to do all of that is amazing.
Well he had a lot of help. But yeah it's his vision.