Homemade Gramophone: ST. LOUIS BLUES

By request.... The Saint Louis Blues played on my homemade Gramophone.
Recording is by Teddy Stauffer, 1936.

Because my camera has only a very tiny and terrible sounding mic, I picked up the sound with two condesor mices: one in front of the horn and a second in the lid of the gramophone - so I get more of the sound like you hear it in the room.

Afterthat I mixed it to mono, and "married" it with the video.
No manipulation of the original sound...

Here is the digital version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2HeePEVH5E

Auf Nachfrage, hier der St. Louis Blues auf meinem selbstgebastelten Grammophon (Nur der Trichter).
Da meine Kamera nur ein kleines, schlecht klingendes Mikrophon hat, nahm ich den Klang mit zwei Mikros ab: eines direkt vor dem Trichter, und ein zweites im Deckel des Gerätes.
So wird der Klang annähernd so aufgenommen, wie man ihn auch im Raum hört.
Die beiden Kanäle wurden dann zu mono gemischt, und wieder mit dem Video "vereinigt".
Weitere "Klangmanipulation" fand nicht statt.
Hier der digitale Transfer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2HeePEVH5E

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[TheHexeract]

How does this work? I'm trying to build a gramophone that will play vinyl without damaging it.

[formiggini]

@TheHexeract Oh - Vinyl with a grammophone.... ;)

1. You need a light late 1940´s or 50´s grammophone soundbox.

2. Forget Steel needles - even soft one!

3. You Bamboo or thorn needles

4. Look for recording lathe motor - some can also play with 33rpm

5. Built a big horn - vinyl played on a grammophone isn´t loud.

6. GOOD LUCK ;)

Looking forward to your attempt´s....

[yeoldeengineer]

Any idea on how loud this setup will go in terms of dB SPL at 1 m or so? Without any kind of reference, this is very hard to judge from the video.

[formiggini]

@yeoldeengineer In db I really dont know - and haven´t the technique to measure it.

But it is loud... !

[VictrolaJazz]

Well it has marvelous sound! You ought to market it!

[formiggini]

@VictrolaJazz No way - you know, the € is going to collaps - but maybe with a horn of gold.... ;)

Seriously - this was a fun project. It took a lot of work - but this was also part of the fun.

How to ship such a beast... ?

[kirtley2010]

i think this might be one of the biggest horns in the world!, the only bigger one i can think of is the nimbus mk3 horn but that sounds terrible with a echo but this sounds great, i might even say it is better than a emg

[kirtley2010]

@formiggini i doubt i would find a copy in the uk, if you find another copy could you get it and i will but it from you or swap it

[formiggini]

@kirtley2010 It´s a german Telefunken record, Teddy Stauffer had been very populär in the 30´s here, so you may find his records often.

The St. Louis Blues disc isn´t that uncommon - at least here in germany ;)

[kirtley2010]

i really really like this version of st louis blues, have you any idea if it is rare or not?