Recording the Jenco Celeste for Mr. Marsh

Today was the last day of recording dor the Rhys Marsh track the afterglow. This song was really great to record as it was very dynamic and had a lot of little arrangement parts that I could colour and work with.

Rhys Marsh is a terribly talented british artist who has moved to Norway and we have been working together on a couple of tracks for his previous album that should be out sometime early this fall.

The Idea was of course that I would record some drums and then get on with it but it didn't out that easy. I ended up recording a lot of stuff, percussion, Orchestrons, Mellotrons and in the end I actually got the drums right even though it took a while.

This film is of me recording a small melody line using my 1940s Jenco Celeste. This is a fairly new instrument for the studio but since I bought it I have been using quite a lot. I have also got a 1920s Schiedmayer full size celeste...but when I am recording by myself it is easier to use the one I can lift by myself.

This little snippet of film was recorded with my mobile phone at my studio in Sundbyberg. If you are curious about the Roth Händle studio and the music that is recorded there or maybe you want to find out more about the instruments...well I suggest you go by www.roth-handle.nu It hasn't been updated for a while but there should be some interesting bits and pieces.

Thanks for watching,

Mattias

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[minimasu]

u are stupid mahta fucker and do noy deserve to eat me in maltse because i have a mini miner on araj andu lunch

[RothHandle]

Thank you for your kind comment, rock on dude !,

Best regards,

Mattias

[narrowarrows]

this guy is a total geek

[RothHandle]

Thank for your kind comment, Rock on !

[narrowarrows]

by 'total geek' i meant i'm extremely jealus of all your wicked keyboards. i would kill for even 10% of your collecion. this stuff is just not available anywhere.

[RothHandle]

I think I have been very lucky. I started looking  for equipment in the late 90s. The prices had started to go up but they were nowhere near where they are today...

I was also looking for equipment that noone really cared for...Optigans et.c so I apparently had good timing and a lot of luck...

Good save, btw !

[RothHandle]

Depends on the model and if you can find one. They are terribly rare and are generally owned by churches and orchestras. A new schiedmayer orchestral celeste costs about 25 000 euros which gives a good idea of possible used prices...