Sam Hallas

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@dank980 10 күн бұрын

nice playing!! one of my favourite pianola tunes for sure.

@SamHallas1949 10 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. I did "I love a piano" previously. Run out of tunes with piano in the title. Any ideas for Piano Day 2025?

@dank980 10 күн бұрын

⁠coaxing the piano - zez confrey?

@SamHallas1949 9 күн бұрын

I have the Artis Woodhouse CD of ZC's piano rolls. Of his compositions there: Stumbling is easy; Dizzy Fingers I can do; Kitten on the keys I struggle with; Coaxing - no chance! Perhaps I could get our son, Matthew, to play it. He can play Greased Limelight by Robin Frost which I can't!

@willchase5692 10 күн бұрын

Pink floyd reference????

@SamHallas1949 10 күн бұрын

I was thinking more of the birthday greeting - "Many happy returns"

@modtwentyeight 14 күн бұрын

Farewell old friend. 🥲

@christianwouters6764 14 күн бұрын

The Ibach firm is far from thriving today, it was terminated in 2007.

@SamHallas1949 14 күн бұрын

That's what I read too. But the web site made me think otherwise. Too late to edit, I'm afraid

@christianwouters6764 14 күн бұрын

Julia Sabine Ibach took control of the firm in 2003 en had to let it go 3 years later. Piano manufacturing in Europe is just not lucrative anymore.

@kevintrye7605 15 күн бұрын

I remember these. It was my first tech job after school....

@Flea-Flicker 15 күн бұрын

I am not sure of laws where you live but in the US, my friend makes guitars and does use ivory. It was legally procured when it was allowed to be harvested, and I assume your piano key tops are along those same lines.

@SamHallas1949 15 күн бұрын

I'm not sure either. I'll ask the piano repair chap if he can use it.

@modtwentyeight 14 күн бұрын

I am no expert, but I think the keys are to "white" to be ivory.

@SamHallas1949 14 күн бұрын

The front edges of the keys were definitely some type of thermo-plastic as they curled up as I prised them off. They also appear whiter than the tops. The tops stayed flat.

@Flea-Flicker 14 күн бұрын

@@SamHallas1949 Ivory has a grain like wood and it is very plain to see. If you have no grain it is most like plastic or what they used to call ivoroid.

@SamHallas1949 14 күн бұрын

The key tops have a very definite grain.

@mimicotom 15 күн бұрын

What a shame. Think of all the joy that piano brought to everyone over the years. And the history that piano has seen. It hurts my soul to this instrument being dismantled.

@SamHallas1949 15 күн бұрын

I agree. But on the other hand, where were you when I wanted someone to take it away?

@Flea-Flicker 15 күн бұрын

Not a shame. Every instrument has a life span, pianos last a very long time, but an average cheap consumer grade piano really is pushing it after it hits 50. Good pianos like Steinway, Bosendorfer, Fasioli, weren't either but they do survive way past 100 years because they are worth rebuilding and can be rebuilt because the original materials were higher quality.

@Michael-fp5vm 7 күн бұрын

I agree. A playable piano should never be destroyed.

@GhostRider-xi3pb 5 күн бұрын

@@SamHallas1949 Unfortunately I was on the other side of an ocean and didn't know until watching it. I felt sad watching an inanimate object being taken apart.

@EileenSpencer-z9w Ай бұрын

Surrounding would be good tpo

@TheKash3 Ай бұрын

Great images of 'Day's Gone Bye'

@1966Manjit 3 ай бұрын

The town has been ruined by londoners moving in ...

@peternagy-im4be 9 күн бұрын

That's Stevenage

@grahamekellermeier8280 3 ай бұрын

I was a technician refurbishing telex machines mostly doing the Sagem TX 20, and the T2000, also some of the Siemens teleprinter, back in the 1980s.

@chrismorris6516 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for that stirred up few memories for me I was born & many early years in Hitchin my grandfather had his office in the town centre pt barker & sons my grandfather being Philip Townsend barker & uncle John barker I spent many an hour at my great grandmother’s house at the top of windmill hill & went to school at kingshot briefly then stagenhoe park

@SamHallas1949 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your memories, Chris. I've only lived in Hitchin since 1977 so I'm learning all the time.

@codenamerishi 7 ай бұрын

Vintage 'Job Killer' nice 😂

@peterfranks-ue 7 ай бұрын

My God, how Telecom grossly ripped off businesses with these and other tech they had a monopoly over. No wonder we could never compete with the world, simply appalling. 🤬

@jeankhan5335 8 ай бұрын

I remember seeing them on television a d in the local paper

@jeankhan5335 8 ай бұрын

Some relatives of bob hope lived in hitchin. He used to visit them once a year

@SamHallas1949 8 ай бұрын

That's right. Richard Whitmore wrote the script for a Hitchin Historical Society film about Bob Hope's Hitchin connections. I think it's on one of the DVDs the HHS published.

@johnrauner2515 9 ай бұрын

And to think this mechanical switch gear is all there was for decades. Isles and isles of these things in buildings the sizes of warehouses. Absolutely incredible. Now you can fit an entire exchange of this era into a kerbside cabinet the size of a large refrigerator.

@bigpapa3635 10 ай бұрын

interesting to see streets i pass everyday so long ago . thank you for making this

@noahburd6456 Жыл бұрын

Hi Sam. Im after a little help. Ive got a 332L GPO phone. Ive done a little research and found the dial is a '10'. Ive also found the schematic on the rear of the base cover. I have build a hidden door as a bookcase with the phone on the shelf. I want to be able use the phone as a switch to open the bookcase when i dial a number (ideally zero) i have a background in electronics so am happy with the wiring of a relay once i can use the dial as the switch. Any ideas? I hope that makes sense?

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Contact me via my website: www.samhallas.co.uk

@javiermacedonioherrera2009 Жыл бұрын

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@thecoolestofthe834s2 Жыл бұрын

were sorry for your loss king

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Nonetheless 101 is a fair innings.

@thecoolestofthe834s2 Жыл бұрын

what goes on in your minecraft me system when you accidentally make 200x redstone engineering blocks

@alastairbarkley6572 Жыл бұрын

It might not set the internet on fire but, thank you for making the time and effort to provide such a well illustrated and well explained video..

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. I really must get round to doing the companion item on the slipping cam dial.

@zordmaker Жыл бұрын

2000 type. Not Strowger.

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

See earlier comments. In this context 'Strowger' refers to a mechanism that goes up and round as in Strowger's original patent en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowger_switch. 2000 type is a British Post Office designation of one particular design. Aren't the switches on the right 4000 type anyway?

@thegreenpickel Жыл бұрын

I miss the 1980's.

@patbarringer6066 Жыл бұрын

I lived in Stopsley during WW2 with my mother, my father was serving in the army. We would catch a green Eastern National bus to Hitchin market to buy a few vegetables that were not on ration. The bus on the way home always had a problem going up Offley hill and would sometimes stall. All the men would have to get off the bus as they could not start fully loaded. The men would then walk up the hill and get on the bus at the top.Happy days!

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Good to hear from you, Pat. Of course I wasn't born till 1949 and didn't move to Hitchin till 1977 so this a all news to me.

@k.kristianjonsson1537 Жыл бұрын

Irritating background "music"

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

I expect the producer thought it a good idea at the time. Like you, I don't share that view!

@k.kristianjonsson1537 Жыл бұрын

But I like the telephone switching technique @@SamHallas1949

@roachtoasties Жыл бұрын

I'm sold. Do I need to travel to Australia to pick up a Computerphone, or are they available closer to me? I'm in California.

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

You'll need to travel back in time too! Got a Delorean to hand?

@jayfrosvlogs Жыл бұрын

it probably wont be its last ride. when my vxr got cat n written off it got taken to a auction its just gone up so hopefully someone will buy it and fix it.

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Possibly. However, broken up: good engine & gearbox, 4 doors, seats, etc. it might recover a fair percentage when sold for parts.

@melgrant7404 Жыл бұрын

Hope you were insured

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Naturally! The insurers settled for pretty much book value.

@melgrant7404 Жыл бұрын

@@SamHallas1949 good

@IanJutting Жыл бұрын

Excellent video demonstration of the GPO Pulse Regenerator, supported by the excellent recently published article in the Telecommunications Heritage Journal Winter 2023 edition. Fully agree that it is good to restore these excellent examples of electromechanical switchgear related to automatic telephony of the Strowger era. Well done!

@flemishdog Жыл бұрын

the bosses office is well stocked with liquor!

@hamoon68 Жыл бұрын

Hi Sam. Did Margaret live at Sandleheath? Mark

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Indeed she did. She lived in a house called Richmond off Main Road. email me if you want further info, [email protected]

@johnacheson9913 Жыл бұрын

The caption is incorrect. There is one 2000 type and three SE50 type group selectors. The final selector is an SE50 type selector. Stowger selectors are different.

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

What was your point? The caption just says there's a mix, not which is what. We use Strowger as a generic to distinguish from rotary, crossbar, panel, digital, etc.

@johnacheson9913 Жыл бұрын

@@SamHallas1949 Thank you for your time and interest in placing a comment, Sam. It wasn't meant to create any offence or to get anyone offside. It was meant to point out that, Strowger exchanges used Strowger switches. Consequently, at least in my part of the world, exchanges that used 2000 and SE50 switches were referred to as SxS exchanges and those that used Strowger switches as Strowger exchanges. At the end of the day, it's not a big point. Great video, by the way, Sam.

@shaunhailey1 Жыл бұрын

I worked there when it was Poundland

@shaunhailey1 Жыл бұрын

Born in 1991 live in Hitchin, I feel nostalgic 😌

@DylanSmith_15 Жыл бұрын

Why has the current tenor been recast?

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

I don't know. Perhaps @jasnfinlay has some more information

@BadBoyV1 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic videos, ended up watched part 2 first, Amazing to see all of the changes i wouldn't have ever known about without seeing this video, Thank you👍

@SamHallas1949 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Get out and take some more pictures. Today's snaps are tomorrow's history.

@hamzamalik7305 Жыл бұрын

Coding made things so easy

@ferkara8223 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I’m Spanish and I was in Hitchin for a few days always in September in 1987 to 1993. Always in the home of my bigs friends Dennis and Pauline Day in Kingswood Ave. I’ve got wonderfull souvenirs of my dear Hitchin, my prefer town of England.

@honestopinion6711 2 жыл бұрын

that cinema was stunning, what a shame

@neutral_puma845 2 жыл бұрын

I love this piece. Thank you!

@dazsmith690 2 жыл бұрын

i have owned one for several years.Have never fired it up. I see there are now aftermarket power supplies and video converters..must get them and see if will fire up..

@martinrenshaw5494 2 жыл бұрын

Great - I hope the concert with the orchestra went as well and joyfully. Well done both of you ! One should never underestimate the achievements of the 'accompanist' ...

@modtwentyeight 2 жыл бұрын

A most enjoyable presentation of the small town celebration. Wish I was there. Thank you, Sam.

@SamHallas1949 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@telexuser7963 2 жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to Telex? It seemed to disappear about the same time as Telecom itself.

@SamHallas1949 2 жыл бұрын

BT discontinued the Telex service in the UK in 2008. Over to you for when it went in Oz.

@keithammleter3824 10 ай бұрын

The market for Telex in Australia collapsed in about 1984, for two reasons:- 1. The Sagem was an absolute heap of junk. About the most unreliable product ever made; After getting a bad reputation with the original Sagem TX20, they switched to a more advanced Sagem 2000, which was even worse. 2. The arrival of cheap fax machines from Japan - a fax machine is far quicker, easier, and cheaper to use than a telex machine - and you can fax diagrams. Telecom/Telstra continued to offer Telex to a declining niche market, eg hotels and travel agents, for many years afterwards, but businesses generally were not interested.

@telexuser7963 2 жыл бұрын

An Out Tray marked Telex is a must.

@telexuser7963 2 жыл бұрын

Working for Telecom Australia in late 1980's I had daily use of Telex 2000. Fabulous beasts of their day.

@tele8814 9 ай бұрын

Would you by any chance have the manual ? I've got one of these here (Sagem TX35) however it refuses to do anything and goes into locked mode after succesful booting , due to no telex line. I imagine there's a setting, or jumper, to make this thing at leats do something without a telex line ? Any help appreciated

@tertia0011 2 жыл бұрын

Taking us into 21st century - Telex 2000 & push button DTMF telephones.

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