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As you know I enjoy hearing what the stage was like in the early last century, nice they can be preserved reasonably well by Edisons recordings.

I just found the pauses to be longer than the usually playing of the piece.

Where I grew up in the 40s outside of St. Louis a ways, our phone was one of four on the party line and they had different rings for different homes. Naturally when someone got a call it could be listened in on by others on the road. When my Parents got a new small home in the 40's the first desk type phone had no dial. You simply picked it up and told the operator who you wanted to speak with..That didn't last too long and they went to the round dial phones to replace them.

@@acousticedison As far as I know, UK telephone users only had 2 on a party line as we did, you must have had different tech to acommodate 4. As for your manually connected phone, its surprising, considering the 'Strowger Switch' was invented in 1891. I recall in the late 1950's, some remote coin operated phones had no dial, so were operator connected.

Its a fun selection but again I think it is from a different world and ways of looking at things.

I can remember when 50 cents would purchase them.. One of the Edisons consoles I have is the same model that in the early 60s cost 12 dollars and was full of electrical recorded disc. Sadly the interest in vintage phonographs while still popular have begun a sinking cost so that some are selling for less than half what they were selling for, especially the cabinet models which I happen to prefer.

@@acousticedison I had an Edison upright model. It played very thick discs (records). I was a teen at the time and was fascinated by these machines. I had at least 500 various records. While I loved the beatles and hendrix I also loved Harry James and Gene Krupa. I was considered nuts

Yes is pretty amazing what over 100 years ago they could do with a paper roll and a vacuum pump. Its credited by some as the forerunner to the computer. Those early ones used paper cards with holes punched much as the piano does. Doesn't hurt to be wedded with a newer design Steinway which was made to sound more like a concert piano but shorter in length to fit in homes.

Yes its a rousing number to be sure, I couldn't help but think of the context of the time and mostly welcoming others with similar beliefs was the theme of the times.. Once a nation looses to a complex mix of people with very different ideals in mind, the end may be sooner that one would think, we can hope not.

Probably a limited amount of people will appreciate this record, but I find it like you do, a very appealing sound of the time.

Some records seem almost like they could have been recorded electrically and yet Edison accomplished probably the best overall results with horn (Accoustic) records.

Glad you enjoyed it, there are hundreds more already up, I would guess you know that. Getting close to the bottom of my current collection, not sure where that might take the musical videos when the time comes.

I don't think his hearing was a big deal early on, but he did have a sort of favor for more traditional sounding selections. Lucky in the Classical Music case he gave Sodero who was over that are complete control over what they recorded. Toward the late electrical period on Edison Disc he turned the decisions over to his children who then wanted more up to date music but by then it was too late.

@@acousticedison Yep. 1929 ended all that.

80574, I got that from the 24 catalog. It might be one of the Edisons in the teens that didn't have a serial number on it. I checked the catalog because I didn't care to go though a thousand records trying to find it. My organization is messed up after moving last year.

I thought I saw this number on the video and its right in the end of the title...

Thanks I try my best to make the recordings close to how it is in person here, but like you said, nothing is quite like the actual results in the room.. I will add however that this record is somewhat weaker sounding than many. Edison was known for being thrifty and they reported sometimes he used a master too many times causing a weaker sound than it should have had.

@@acousticedison Thanks for posting. I subscribe and really enjoy your collection and that lovely Jacobean.

BTW I have posted some of my Edison DD and cylinder records.

I was wondering the other day how many of the Jacobeans still exist? They were a poor seller and when I look at phonograph sites I see a lot of Chippendales and other Edisons but hardly every this model. As to the music, my goal is to show the many types of music Edison recorded and did it very well.

It is a beautifully done selection, one with limited appeal I am afraid.

There was a great movie about the lives of Gilbert and Sullivan, off hand I don't recall the title, old age I guess. I am glad you enjoyed it.

@@acousticedison Is it Topsy Turvy from 1999 directed by Mike Leigh?

@@The_Butler_Did_It Yes thats the name I still have it here somewhere.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, I think I have another roll of that selection now. These rolls were put together back in the late 60s most likely.

Thanks the combination of a Steinway and the B Ampico system is a good a match as you can probably have.

As a rule a original record will on an acoustic machine will have more life to the sound than an electrical so called update.

Thanks for watching, hope you find more things to enjoy.

It does seem rather odd to play it with a Hawaiian group. I suppose this is from around the world war I perhaps. I don't have the cover which is how they usually describe a selection. If I find something I will add it here.

Thank you! 😊

@@acousticedison You are very welcome😃

In what way do you find it hard on the ears? I have some more instrumental selections I will put up soon.

thanks for watching. I couldn't get a translation of your comment.

Sorry I see on this link it shows a translation, the message in my comments section didn't show it.

I wish I could say I have a lot of rolls left to video but its getting closer to the end of what I have, and even recuts of original rolls are selling for way more than I had to pay for most of these. You also can search for Steinway and find a lot more selections you probably would like.

One of the rolls I like to just put on and enjoy its soothing effects.

My, that must have been quite the challenge.

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To separate the title from the various other information, rather than to make it all one long set of words

I agree, the sound is like the person is right in the room, and I notice that live here its better than the recording presents.

They are pretty amazing, what their life cycle is for is beyond me. And quite loud 24 hours a day'

Its gives a reasonable showing of how the selection is played, some minor issues still exist but overall pretty impressive.

Probably something like this no doubt.

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@@deolindapinhogarciabertolo707 Glad you enjoyed it.

This is a Floppy Disc operated player, its a series of QRS vintage rolls they recorded to play on the Yahama.

There is only one other Steinway Ampico B that was a factory custom installation.. Most Steinways were Duo Arts until the factory had a fire. A couple Steinways customers wanted a reproducing piano so they were sent to what was left of the Ampico Factory and had the mechanisms installed.. This one is the last, a 1941 S model which was installed in 1942.

The internet does make the world a lot smaller, glad your able to find my videos.

Its been playing for nearly every day for 7 years, so I guess I will keep it.

Its a little difficult to recreate Wagners music on the piano , but I suppose its at least a reasonable try.

Edgar Fairchild, I usually put the artist name last before the Ampico Name

@@acousticedison Sorry I am new to your chanell I wanted to make sure because I couldnt find more info on the artist by the way doesnt it soumd to you like some romantic period piece or is it just me?

@@micoveliki8729 Your right it is from a period when romantic sounding pieces were quite popular.. Most likely from the mid 20's. Glad you found my channel. Fairchild was one of the most popular artist for this type of music in his day.

I as well am struck by the ability of Edisons records to produce such clarity in instruments compared to other companies. And this is a pretty early recording of his. Personally I have found that his acoustic created sound often is superior to many early electrics he produced. They just have more of that Instruments being in the room with you feel than any other company. Even after hearing them for years now I am often still impressed with what I have heard and this record is an example of that.

Yes the larger horn is certainly a plus when it comes to a fuller sound.

You are so welcome!

In order to get all the sustained notes as the pianist would have played them they often used long sets of holes in the roll to recreate the original effect. So you will often see places where in real life the persons foot might have used the center sustain pedal the rolls had no way to do that other than letting notes stay open till they are not needed. Now and then in popular selections you will see "assisted" behind the name of the person meaning that they went back over the original roll and filled in with extra notes to give it a larger sound, usually in jazzy sorts of music where a lot of accented notes might give a more excitin sound.

I suppose you could call it that! Its been a lot of pleasure to own and share with others.

@@acousticedison Well thank you for doing so.

You're very welcome!

Yes that would be an interesting recording.. I was glad to find the Eubie Blake records he made later in life.

It was a design to get round the Credenza patents, so instead of a horn one over the other, the Columbia has one over the other but going out side ways instead of one over the other. The sound is a bit more mellow to me than the Victor.

@@acousticedison thank you ☺️

Its interesting how clearly the title comes out in many of the popular selections of the time. Sometimes When I can't recall a name of a piece if I play it on line I can then hear the title. I find the Trio selections usually very interesting.

Click on my channel or enter acousticedison in the search and you will find hundreds of classical an other piano selections.. This Steinway was built in 1941 and the Ampico installed in 42. I have other types of musical videos on it as well, you can use the search for the group to locate the piano selections or edison records, Victrolas , Brunswick, and a lot of others.

Your right, it does start with a brief nod to Over the waves.