1906 Phonofiddle playing Galway Bay (yiddish version)

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• phonofiddle weird jewish irish
• klezmer
• yiddish
• galway bay
• ireland
• haifa
• ear plugs
• life

[maiseyferret]

This is brilliant :D I bet you could make some amazing sounds with this! Would be create for creating really eerie timbres and textures, sound design wise! Bit of reverb and delay, then you're laughing!

[mudsailor]

@maiseyferret I like your suggestions but, believe me, with that noise in your ear it is never a laughing matter!

[mudsailor]

For some reason which escapes me, I doubt it. I think you are more likely to hear it played in Tipperary than in Tel Aviv.

[nicadeo]

wow

i just discovered this instrument

it's so cool

does it really need the horn?

i looks somewhat impractical when it sounds like a violin

but it seems really cool and i liked that song a lot

[mudsailor]

I'm glad you like it. A phonofiddle can sound quite good without the horn but the horn gives it a nerve-stripping and mind-numbing quality which only a select few can enjoy. Welcome to the club!

[mudsailor]

I wear ear plugs when I'm performing as I find the sound quite nerve-stripping.

[Lagolop]

The captions are f'ing hilarious!

Thanks for posting.

[teagueqc]

Is there such a thing as a phono-double-bass, by any chance?

[teagueqc]

This is truly hysterical. Q: What's the difference between a phonofiddle and a cat being strangled? A: Vibrato.

[Hikikomori013]

The rumors were right. This thing has a terrible tone.

Thanks for posting this piece played on a fascinating early studio instrument. A little Scots-Klezmer is a wonderful thing.

[ljped]

Great to hear a Yiddish version of this!