Seeburg Style H Orchestrion plays Barney Google

The largest and most ornate American built orchestrion, the J P Seeburg model H, performs in the shop of Reblitz Restorations as the staff readies the instrument for delivery to the collection of Johnny and Tish Duckworth.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• MBSI
• AMICA
• orchestrion
• player
• piano
• ragtime
• Scott
• Joplin
• John
• Duckworth
• nickelodeon
• automatic
• music
• Solo
• coin
• op

[NelsonWiggen8]

Absolutely THE BEST example of a properly restored and regulated nickelodeon on youtube! My father and Larry Givens listened to an "H" while making 88 note Mel-O-Dee piano rolls in the 1960s. What fun! Regards, John Gourley IV

[SteinwayXR]

very nice

[CharmedQuarkZ99]

Completely awesome Art, you're the best, love this machine

[Randidan]

Love this instrument! (s!!) Much better speed for the music than the Maple St Rag clip... looks like I gotta create another playlist!!!

[whoisthisguy724]

This is the Wurlitzer 165 of orchestrions

[Musicmany2k]

Still one of the best examples on the tube. Thanks for showing.

[Beafteck89]

I love this orchestion... complete with xylophone.. Lol. I also love the sound of the piano's glassy quality

[Yaledmot]

Magnificent instrument and restoration.

[GimblePike]

Nice work. What a great version of this song. My family used to have a player piano and we loved playing Barney Google on it.

JohnP, Toronto

[Pianosyncrazy]

Thanks for ANOTHER great vid. Keep em' coming!

[KawhackitaRag]

I think that anyone who is using Mr. Reblitz's fine book on Player Piano Servicing, should supplement the coin piano and orchestrion section of the book by watching this video.

Especially take notice of the expression louds and softs (such as starting at 1:07), the perfect percussion response (especially the snare drum, which can be difficult to get right), and the voicing and balance of the pipes relative to the piano. The Fiberskyn drum heads are a nice touch.