His arrangements are my favorite. George is an absolute Master 🤩. I have this piece also in a different arrangement for multi instrument.
@lwoos1026 күн бұрын
What roll was used for the scene with the guy carrying the piano?
@quantumleap3598 күн бұрын
Very nice choice of music at 4:30 "The Doll Dance". One of my favorites, and really gives the player a workout!
@quantumleap3599 күн бұрын
At 5:47 I saw you use an old Mentholatum jar for parts, whatnots and such! Your videos are so entertaining, I had no idea how complex these old players were to repair or to restore. Superb work, excellent attention to detail.
@wesanderson7510 күн бұрын
The art of photoplaying... : in operating any photoplayer or double tracker piano players for theatres : invaluable for organists : teaching how to play correct music for movies at sight
@jasonbarnett125613 күн бұрын
I wonder what people who know things about pianos would tell me about fixing up my old, inherited Pianola player. I don't expect it to be "worth it" monetarily, but as long as I didn't have to sell a kidney...
@johnferguson408923 күн бұрын
A great production Nate, if there were any hiccups the whole crowd was with you all the way. Congratulations on a lovely restored Fotoplayer and your timing in the performance was spot on!
@johnferguson408923 күн бұрын
Thanks Nate. the Fotoplayer sounds fantastic and this tune is great.
@2129928 күн бұрын
Ive seen the middle pedal do different things on different pianos. My old 1885 Behning and Son only has 2 pedals. Sustain on right, Damper on the left and the middle either sustaians the note(s) once pressed and makes all other notes play unsustained. As long as you press the keys first, then press the middle pedal to sustain and continue playing while it sustains. Other times ive seen the middle pedal damper only the keys from C4 and lower.
@2129928 күн бұрын
I have been re building a 1916 AutoPiano player piano for about two years now. Have only the strings, pins and hammers done so far.
@wurly16428 күн бұрын
What happened to your videos, i dont see anymore
@xaviercarnice5675Ай бұрын
Where can i buy the pump with this?
@e7yuАй бұрын
Hello, Nate I am appreciative of you for making this channel. I recently got a hold of a player piano similar to yours. And are in the process of studying up to restore it. I look forward to taking notes from your videos. 😄🎉🎆🎇
@Universal_soundtrackАй бұрын
Haha! Quite a humorous melodrama indeed.
@monicagende1651Ай бұрын
GET OVER HERE JOE
@MonicaTorres-sh8yvАй бұрын
I appreciate you keeping the fotoplayer history alive
@wagonmaster1974Ай бұрын
Back in the mid 90s, I inherited an 8.5 foot Conover grand piano - the one I grew up with - built in the early 1900s. The pin block was a disaster, the shell had endured over 40 years of people smoking. I had no room for it, but couldn't stand the thought of it being put to the curb. I lived 250 miles from my homestead, but knew a piano technician. We hooked his trailer to my wife's station wagon and made the trek to retrieve it. I knew how to tune a piano [thanks to the Conover], that was about it. The tech found for me a free 1907 Shoninger upright, in good cosmetic condition [good pin block and strings] needing help with the action. I gave Joe the Conover and he educated me - in his shop - on rebuilding a piano action. WOW! And that wasn't a pianola, even. That old Shoninger held A440. We were both amazed. Saved that one, Joe rebuilt the Conover, I cleaned it, he sold it for enough to take care of two years tuition in college for his daughter. Win, win! Your efforts and growing collection are a testament to the preservation of instruments. Good on you!
@jimthesoundman8641Ай бұрын
Those felts, especially the backcheck felts, don't look a hundred years old. Fifty maybe, but not a hundred. I'm guessing this was refurbished at some time in it's life.
@MisunderstoodboygeniusАй бұрын
Oh! And Nate, what is the song in the middle of the movie? “The End to a Perfect Day”? Was there originally a sing-along in the middle of the film?
@MisunderstoodboygeniusАй бұрын
Uh oh! Someone needed a premium prescription! 😮 I salute you sir! You managed it with calm aplomb!
@eindelikgevonden2 ай бұрын
Was riveted by the series. Informative, entertaining and educational. Well done indeed
@Player-Pianos2 ай бұрын
When is the next video coming out?
@Misunderstoodboygenius2 ай бұрын
Nate! This is wonderful! I can’t believe all these years I’ve watched old films with no music. It’s incredible how much the sound effects and music add to a silent film. It really doesn’t look like a silent film, it just looks like a film without dialogue.
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
Did the original bulb still work?
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
17:20 I've worked on a lot of this old rubber/cloth electrical wiring, and I've found that where it is exposed to the air (at the ends) it tends to degrade very badly, but inside the conduit, where there is little or no exposure to air, it looks almost brand new. So the easy, but not very authentic, solution is just to put heatshrink over the ends for about the last 4" or so.
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
4:44 I think you mean "Bondo brand auto body filler" as glazing putty is for fixing windows, and it's a very oily putty that takes weeks or months to dry completely. So I doubt you'd be using that on a piano.
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
1:23 Who was Russ Cavanaugh? A tuner?
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
9:33 Is that cellulose nitrate?
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
9:54 For fixing a damaged piano roll, try clear spray paint. It sort of soaks into the paper and reinforces it, almost like lamination without adding any thickness or stiffness. Takes a while to dry but it's worth it.
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
Thanks very much for this series, I have a 1919 Cable-Nelson with a Simplex action but I'm thinking about replacing it with an Autopiano action, and this has been incredibly helpful.
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
10:50 What is the name of this screwdriver?
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
2:08 Why does the iron say "Demo Only"?
@jimthesoundman86412 ай бұрын
8:00 If you only plan to have the player mechanism play the piano, versus a human playing the piano, how critical is it to remove the slop in the keys? Can this step be skipped?
@Misunderstoodboygenius2 ай бұрын
Those old electric motors were so overbuilt I’d bet they’d last a million years!
@That_2_guy2T2 ай бұрын
I'd give it another 200 years, probably it would last longer than that!
@vaderbase2 ай бұрын
I do not get it but I love it.
@Misunderstoodboygenius2 ай бұрын
Hi there. What’s the number of this role? It looks like it’s a QRS, but I’m not sure of the number.
@c.k.42332 ай бұрын
Wow, Nice work !!!!
@ChucklesKeys2 ай бұрын
I'm so glad I found you on KZbin. I have 2 player pianos. I have an old Haines Brothers 52 inch upright and then I have a newer 1980s Aeolian Keepsakes upright player. (45 inch piano) the piano is taller than the actual instrument inside. (deceptive) LOL
@ChucklesKeys2 ай бұрын
What was the material you used for covering the exhausters???? and resevoir?
@quantumleap3592 ай бұрын
Nate, your craftsmanship is superb! I am so impressed with the careful detail you give each section of the player. Thanks for posting this series!
@quantumleap3592 ай бұрын
Very well explained, a complex mechanism indeed. And your outtakes at the end were enjoyable! Good doggie!
@guapo861002 ай бұрын
C'est génial de voir le fonctionnement des films de l'époque, j'ai adoré 👍
@McKayPerkins-jo7dn2 ай бұрын
Hey Nate. I’m loving this series, and feel a kinship with my own memories of going to North Tonawanda (Buffalo) New York to play on my grandparents’ player that my uncle restored. From the snow, and accent, I’m guessing you’re back east too? I have a leaky player piano that I want to fix, but am a bit daunted as to where I would go to find the myriad of materials I should get for everything, or homemade solutions when appropriate and necessary. Things like leather for pouches, felt, silicone, tools, pneumatic hoses, and bellows cloth etc. Would you consider making a video sharing any active sources for products that you buy, and/or making affiliated links to materials/tools that you get? Thanks for your videos and humor! If ever you’d consider taking on a “Zoom” apprentice, I’d love to connect and learn more from you as I begin my process.
@iangillis12712 ай бұрын
Redoing my air motor now, was good to watch this again as a refresher 😁 Clever to use one of the old boards as a spacing jig for the pneumatic span!
@AverageSundayLiker3 ай бұрын
Joe?
@212993 ай бұрын
Do you restore grand players ever? Is one easier than the other?
@212993 ай бұрын
I know this is eight mos later but, I also have (my very first) a 1916 Autopiano Pianista and I restrung it last year and the action was rebuilt and will be here in my shop in a few days. I'm really looking forward to having this beauty up and running one day soon.
@dwrjames3 ай бұрын
Hi there , can you tell me where you source your pouch leather from?
@c.k.42333 ай бұрын
You are just amazing. How can you do all of this. Nice Job I wish you lived next door i now have two electric, and 2 pump type pianos