Mikiphone Pocket Phonograph

[MrBolibob]

'Now i can put the music in my pocket!'

I just need a bag for the records now...

I'ts an amazing little piece of technology.

[distorzijastv]

Today I saw this thing in an art deco exhibition in Zagreb, Croatia! :D Pretty awesome!

[cinedux]

Could you please tell me if it has a "stop/start switch?,regards Trev

[78monarch]

@cinedux It doesn't have any stop/start switch. You use the pick up arm as a speed regulator.

[cinedux]

Thanks.Bought one today!

[jmb7587]

Now thats cool!

[gmmix]

Of all the tiny players, your unit has about the best volume and sound. Impressive. Thanks for your demonstration.

[521i]

... u no wat

this shit is as good as ipods

ima find it on ebay

[pongboy1100]

well it shure takes some time to set it up! & to wind it up you need to open it again? And was that a gramaphone from Django Reinhardt!?!? 0__0

[AceTracer]

That's a happening tune, jack.

[Ukrazianation]

what did you put in the diaphragm?

[78monarch]

It's Ain't Misbehavin', recorded in 1938 by Quintette of the Hot Club of France, Django Reinhardt

[BABYFOXPRODUCTIONS10]

what song is that

[Qp0wer]

thats really cool

doesn't look very healthy for the record though

[thereelmaster]

ok now that one is just funny and cool at the same time

[ANDREWWALLFORD123]

Very nice Pocket phonograph to build them up! Amazing tune to hear sound... Lovely!!!

[ilyenz]

Ein kleines Wunderwerk! §:-)) Danke fürs zeigen!

[stayngo]

Really interesting device, What's the title of this song?

[sweenaldo1993]

@stayngo Not sure, but I think it's Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France, not sure about the exact song though sorry.

[steadfastcoward]

That is QUITE impressive but I'm thinking if Rube Goldberg or James Bond developed arthritis problems could conceivably arise.

Pretty ingenious even so. Thanks for posting this.

[2agray]

Fascinating! But what a lot of work to play a record. LOL! Would be handy to take to the beach or picnic back then.

[BearWindAppleyard]

That's so cool

[The9thAvenger]

Awesome, I want one.

[williestratton]

django reinhardt!

[bss78rpm]

one just sold on ebay for around 650 dollars.

[tangomittens]

Awesome :D!

[TuxedoRonny]

That's awesome! I wish I had one too! Also, that's a cool needle tin, where'd you get it?

[cinedux]

We used to take one of these to picnics on the beach!

[Rlowe928]

Is it me or is the record wobbling in near perfect beat to the music???? cool little machine.

[MyGenSucks]

@Rlowe928 it's not just u lol

[pancreasmen]

what song is that?

[SteamPoweredGoth]

I want one. Seriously this thing is wat to cool.

[EnerG15]

Wow! Thats like yesterdays MP3 player.

[invoclass]

WOW!!! Cool!!:)

iPhonograph :)

[peppoj]

I would Soooooo show that of at school ;D

[HalogenBurn]

What the he--that's crazy. Electricity sucks.

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

the most intresting technology i´ve ever seen

[fireduckproductions]

i enjoy this completely but i do have only one problem...it is smaller than the record that it plays.

[FireflyPoi]

"Pocket" Phonograph, indicates something you can funnily enough fit in your pocket, which that record isn't. Well done on the fail. :)

[PhonographBlue]

I love it! There must be an adjustment to make sure it's 78rpm... or is "factory-set"? What year was the Mikiphone made? Swinging record choice for the video!

[alwerks1]

My oh my. I can assume these pocket phonograph players are nowhere to be found by now. If they where for sale today, how much do you believe they would sell for? I would love to buy one if I could afford it!

[payaning2x]

Wow that's loud sonds hehehe !!!

[LargeLad100]

Ya while your doing that I'll just put the ipod on shall I?

[Exarian]

Completely missing the point here...

[Justtwocomment]

haa thats funny! Not bieng sarcy :)

[extremehockeyfan]

THAT IS COOL! xD

[SukoshiOtakuSan]

New model? Hmm... Better than old mp3 player XD

[howardrhughes]

dude thats freekin sweet

[deucecoupe71]

I LOVE IT ! :D

Iphones & MP3-players GO HOME !

awesome.. thanks for posting !

[Exarian]

probably not on the go. most likely for if they were planning on going somewhere that didn't have one, or maybe if it was a camp of some sort.

[BayAreaBiker2001]

Is that what people used for an iPod back in the 1920's and 1930's?

[fehercsongor]

I think earlier.

[MyGenSucks]

@BayAreaBiker2001 lol

[thorir30]

I have an old gramphone but Im not sure how often I can use the same needle before its ruened. How many times do you think its safe to use the same needle before you harm the records?

[sennahoj2083]

You should use a new needle only ONCE for each side, if your records are kind of precious! There used to be "long-play needles , saying you can use them up to ten times, i have never got the convincing truth. In Doubt, take a cheap microscope and look, what happens to the needles tip!Best regards, H.

[Madrigos]

What kind of pockets do you have?

[dLimboStick]

Snazzy!

[nukleopatra88]

That's pretty nifty

[therealsoyboy]

It's so cute that you carry this little thing but the records you need to play are 12". It's like a video game system so small it's just a cap on the end of a big old cartridge.

I can't wait to see someone make a tiny steampunk ipod that actually plays tiny records, either vinyl or maybe metal plates with pins like you find in old music boxes. There could be a switch to select the tune, and optional mini plug-in horn or "headphones", which would naturally be big and primitive.

[Max0Inq]

Actualy, there were headphones in pre-electrical recording era. There is a commertial of Edison phonograph which in you see a woman listening the record thru mechanical, yet small headphones.

[cheeseypants88]

what song/band is that?

[Patriot1776]

Quoting a previous comment:

"That's Django, Stephane Grappelly and the "Quintet Of the Hot Club Of France" in their famous 1937 recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'" "

[cheeseypants88]

I thought it sounded like Django! :D

He just has that distinctive gypsy jazz sound.

Man, now I want that record. x3

[Patriot1776]

Me too! Only problem is that my turntable, seen in a few of my own videos, won't turn 78rpm. :(

[japanesegeta]

You could probably make an MP3 file of playing it at 45 or 33 then use software to speed it up. I don't know what software exists to do that, but I recall seeing it.

[eclectex]

I love it so much, it hurts me.

Totally cool that they were coming up with ways to make music portable that early on. I can just imagine sneaking out of the house with this thing.

[WaterGoblin]

The only problem would be transporting the 12"s. Now if only they could be made smaller...(7"s?)

[Patriot1776]

At the time that thing was made, 1920s-1930s, the modern LP and 45 rpm 7" single didn't exist. 78 rpm was the only speed, and so a 12" record only had a max of 4-5 minutes of recording time available on it. The modern LP wasn't introduced until 1948, and the 7" 45 rpm single a year later, in 1949.

[RA1N175]

peh who needs an ipod

[cooperbaker]

Where did you get this wonderful device?

[eetoi]

I can only imagine the MONSTER TRACKING FORCE

[chimpstop]

This device falls into the new 1920s-1930s SciFi RetroTrend I want to start, which doesn't have a name yet, but is on a level with Steam Punk...some where between Flash Gordon, Buck Rodgers, Skylark of Space, Commando Codie and Captain Proton...with Vynal Records as high end data storage, lots of Vacuum tubes, and TONNES of electrical stuff.

[HikaroTakayama]

I believe that style of Retro-SciFi is generally known as "Dieselpunk" and also tends to cover the WWII era... Basically think "Sky Captain" or "The Rocketeer"

My own "Steampunk" creations borrow about equally from the Victorian era and 1930's-40's....

[Max0Inq]

Steampunk is overated. Dieselpunk is the best one.

[HikaroTakayama]

I like to mix the two... I like certain aspects of Victorian styling, but I also love the elegant, but simple streamlined Art-Deco styling of the 30's and 40's too..

[jpw]

Pocket phonograph--phonogr--phonogr--­phonogr--phonogr. . . .

[Cutondogor]

Totally, utterly amazing. Music *and* device.

[BellaTragedia]

bring 'em back!

[zartonis]

Jewstin!

[distancerunner]

The ipod of 1930, very neat.

[zartonis]

Very cool.

[itgirl1982]

That is one of the coolest little gadgets I have seen.

[fromthesidelines]

That's Django, Stephane Grappelly and the "Quintet Of the Hot Club Of France" in their famous 1937 recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'"...very impressive on both counts [record AND "pocket phonograph]!

[bobnweave9]

Very cool...though the assembly process looks like you're launching a missile or something!

Thank you for this video!

[morghanphoenix]

How long does a winding keep one of these things playing?

[dadorrington]

django reinhardt

[dadorrington]

wow and its playing django reinheardt

[jakablus]

nice

[bingcrosby1903]

Love the little pyramid needle dispenser! i love these little pocket phonos, so interesting

[mrrk]

Amazing.

[mirchevbogi]

Why are you butting that big black thing on the tone arm

[78monarch]

The big black thing is the resonator for the sound box. (Pick-up)

[mirchevbogi]

Doen't the diaphragm does the work

[78monarch]

The diaphragm does the work, but i need the blak box to amplify the sound like the horn on a horn gramophone.

[rivest266]

Always Use Victor Needles