Popular songs from 1890-1902 medley on player piano

[mettalliko]

SOUNDS WAY BETTER THAN MY NEIGHBOR



[shaniring]

f'n amazing! I would like to express my sincere thank you for playing those songs. They are "eternally" stylish and they'll forever be "cool' songs. I mean, even apart from the amazing piano playing and the tunes themselves, the lyrics really define the popular/common mental state of the average person back then. These are timeless songs that will never die. The music also "says" it all too. You can totally 'feel' America from 100+ years ago. It's all so dynamic and "new" in an old way :)

[kosboot]

Gee, it doesn't have to be so fast!

[kathrynhansen100]

I have a player piano WELLSWORTH 1918 UPRIGHT GRAND. My favorite roll is April Showers. Mine squeeked like yours, I oiled it tiny drop on everything that moves with metal that I could see. Thank you for singing, I always do to my rolls too.

[Keeper1st]

@kathrynhansen100 Be careful with using oil. It can do damage if it gets on the wrong things. A lot of the "lubrication" is meant to be done with felt and powders. In this case, the squeaking was a missing piece of felt.

[JetJagga]

1 person has no soul.

[limous4]

@JetJagga 2 persons.......yeeeeesss i was the number tow ^^

[theguyof1900]

I remember all of these songs espesaley just one girl in 1898. i recoreded a wax Cylinder of a minstrel singing that with a quartet called The Hayden quartet witch i wasent a member i was just in the minstrel doing the first part ahh the good old days.

[TheAlbatrossa]

oh wow!

[pheonixfire3487]

I love it!!! I love to play this stuff on the piano in the choir room where I go to school, mostly The Entertainer!!! Oh how I adore that song. ^l^

[Keeper1st]

@pheonixfire3487 Then you certainly will enjoy a video I posted called "Ragtime Party -- The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)" -- a bunch of musical friends getting together with four pianos and other instruments...

[08choirangel]

I'm 21 years old and I listen to this medley at least once a week. It just goes to show the vast differences in all the people who can enjoy this music.

[goldie0800]

I think the tempo ought to be slower, it's nice music but rushing by like the wind!

(my opinion)

[MrDante1047]

nice!!!!

[TheRyanlazar]

Wtf? Old people.

[Keeper1st]

@TheRyanlazar Huh? The newest song in this medley is 109 years old. The music predates pretty much everybody, thus it belongs to no single generation. Just as with classical music, or even classic rock and The Beatles, it is enjoyed and played by people of all ages. I know teenagers who play this music, and I know septuagenarians who play this music. Good music is timeless, and ageless.

[pjezierski]

@Keeper1st 'Good Music' is hard to find!

[smenkare27]

I have sung after the ball in concert--what a marvelous song!

[StuartLou]

Woah!! Slow down.

[Sactreats]

@StuartLou it is going a bit fast, even for up-tempo. It's still charming, though.

[alterman156]

If anyone who has seen this video knows about the B.A.B. 66 key band organ rolls, most if not all of these tunes were combined for a medley. I once heard this set of tunes played on the B&B Carousell Bruder "Apollo" organ that played B.A.B. 66 key paper rolls. The carousel operated at Coney Island until 2005. It is under restoration and that job has probably been completed. Both the organ and the carousel should be back at Coney Island in 2012.

[EMesaros]

I love it. The only one here that Iknew was "Sidewalks.." I am supposed to learn Sweet Rosisie..for a late l9th cent. musical program so I was glad to find this! Who is singing along so merrly inthe background? I wish we had them to howl along with us! We may need all the help we can get!

[Keeper1st]

@EMesaros Heh. Howling is right. I don't sing too well to begin with; trying to sing while pumping the piano just makes it even more of a chore!

[EMesaros]

@Keeper1st Actually, I thought your singing was great! "Howling" is just one of those figures of speech I can't seem to get over. Both of the guys I sing with have told me that I ought to stop referring to my own singing as "howling"--I think they are afraid it will become counter-productive!

[NewDisneySucksHard]

@Keeper1st where can i find the original recording, back in 1898?

[Keeper1st]

@NewDisneySucksHard Huh? What original recording in 1898?

[NewDisneySucksHard]

@Keeper1st the song you played?  Is there a recording to it?

[Keeper1st]

@NewDisneySucksHard There are eight songs in this medley, and certainly many recordings have been made of those songs over the years. But to say "original recording" doesn't really make sense. In those days, songs were sold as sheet music and piano rolls originally -- not as recordings.

[rd14stewart]

all i think of is .."the kid"...them days must of been pretty ....scary?...i feel like im watching an old west movie....thnx for posting, i probably wont be going to sleep tonight though...rd14

[SuburbanDon]

Great except for the clinking sound.

[Bertling88]

Oh wow now thats cool. Where did you get that roll????

[Keeper1st]

@Bertling88 It was one of the rolls I got when I bought the piano, I think.

[sailormatlac]

Great to share this with us Ron... Didn't know any of these songs before listening to this piano roll. And now they are stuck in my head for days. I caught myself singing out loud Daisy Bell on the street. Funny to see who some songs are really catchy, no wonder they were popular at the time.

[southport97]

Sounds like Old western saloon music to me.

[Keeper1st]

@southport97 Probably because it is, really. Popular songs (and not ragtime like most people think) are indeed what you would have heard in a saloon. As most of these songs are from the 1890s, it'd be a the later part of the "Old West" but definitely within the time period we think of.

[StlyDutch]

Not really my taste.. But quite interesting to hear what my ancestors maybe listened to.

[23jordankicks23]

boy oh boy you can't beat a good old rag time music

[ve2so]

Very good but mechanism needs a little oil!

[Keeper1st]

A piece of felt had fallen out, actually.

[PINKBOY1006]

i can hear you at the end

[Keeper1st]

Yeah, I couldn't help but to sing along with some of them.

[blackout2134]

Nice, this is ganna help complete my presentation. Thanks man!

[alicevlogs]

This was so helpful for my school project! Thanks! :]

[rodstartube]

an early iPod

[AAErikCO]

somehow a bit less portable I think ;)

[steve89z]

so cool! thanks for your time.wow!

[wingbk]

history........song.. wow~^^

[KMNKeybordValt]

The Player Piano Sounds great But You Have To Oil The Cranks & Valvs

[Keeper1st]

As it turned out, it wasn't in need of oil, but of felt! I couldn't find the exact source of that squeak until finally noticing a small piece of felt that had come undone and fallen out.

[KMNKeybordValt]

What brand is the piano it sounds realy good i have at least 10 player piano look at my videos on my piano shop

[Keeper1st]

It's a Mercer from either 1924 or 1925.

[AAErikCO]

Hi, if you're referring to wood slide valves (such as those on the wind motor), you actually want to NEVER oil these. While you're back there messing with the slide valves I hope you had a chance to put some graphite solution in the channels, that would help to lubricate them better.

[KMNKeybordValt]

I sometimes Oil my Roll Players with Hammond Organ Oil it stop the grinding sound for a long wile

Im trying to sell some of my Player Pianos i have 10 of them and top of that 30 more piano without players in my house i have 2 Nickelodions so if you guys know anybody wants a Piano hit me up

[EthylMerts]

played a bit to fast. My all time favorite is the sister roll "Old Fashioned Waltz Medley" also from the same era. Same songs in a different order (1370?). Not to be confused with a later re-issue which is a shame. The original is quintessential player piano music.

[Keeper1st]

It's not too fast; just a little fast. When one is pumping the piano, one tends to choose a tempo as fast as tolerable -- particularly on a long-playing roll such as this -- to prevent exhaustion!

[EthylMerts]

Oh come on! You can handle a five minute roll! My 1370 roll doesn't have In the Good Old Summertime (I stand corrected). I still say too Fast! If people were waltzing to that speed, they would have landed on the moon.

[AAErikCO]

I agree, these waltzes loose something at this speed. It's a great roll though. I hope you have a chance to restore the pneumatics soon, to prevent the exhaustion. My Aeolian was playing terrible when I got it, I couldn't get through 2 consecutive single rolls with out having to take a break. Post-restoration you'll find you can actually sit back and take in the music a bit more too which is fun.

[AAErikCO]

Would you be interested if I posted a slower version of this roll?

[metrognome430]

@AAErikCO I'd love it if you could post a slower version of this!

[TonyL1000]

sounds like the pedal hardware is squeaky

I'd go over it's points with some light machine oil

or 3 n 1 oil , just don't over do it though and make a mess dripping it into the bottom of piano

[Keeper1st]

While the pedals do squeak, the loudest squeak you hear is from the five roll motor bellows. I can't figure out where exactly the squeak is coming from there. All the arms have their felt in place, yet something is squeaking. It doesn't seem to be the gears, though they need to be lubricated as well.

[dippydawg827]

that was fantastic indeed :P

[solong36]

Post tune-up sounds much better but there are still a few clunkers. (my bad)

Stan

[Keeper1st]

Nah, some of the notes just went a little sour in a matter of minutes. One of the A-flats was the first one noticed, and we know the A-flats were fine when you left 'cause we were playing Maple Leaf Rag on the thing!

[RagtimeFreak86]

My favorite era ....Fantastic :-)

[yukimatsuri]

How wonderful!

[stewy137]

yove your videos man keep it up :)