"Over the Waves" Joe Rinaudo at the American Fotoplayer

[@jeopardy60611]

The thing that fascinates me about this Fotoplayer is that it has so many more instruments than just a player piano. Also, it's fascinating to me that there were such instruments to play music automatically before there were electronic keyboards and MIDI. You really change presets so gracefully. When I was a kid, I read in Keyboard Magazine that a keyboard player is very good at changing presets and pressing other buttons on a keyboard because you can zero in on a button and press it with the same skill as it takes to play the keyboard.

[@HannekeDebie]

One could say that the paper rolls used in these instruments were an early version of midi really.

[@bigbeefscorcho]

One of my most treasured tunes played by the master of the fotoplayer himself, Mr. Joe Rinaudo. It don’t get much better than this, folks!

[@vincentcalvelli6452]

Thanks Joe it is always a pleasure to hear music performed on The American Fotoplayer

[@Richard-vq7ud]

This music is so joyful. It lifts the soul. Amazing. Thank you so much for keeping it alive.

[@alanfranciscovivancoreyes7970]

The composer was mexican, his name is Juventino Rosas. The name of the music is "vals sobre las olas". I know, because i am mexican

[@waitwhatholdup]

AlanVirtualFox well done...

[@alanfranciscovivancoreyes7970]

@@waitwhatholdup thanks

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

Wassup my friend from the south

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Sounds like a carousel!

[@staspastukh2005]

Me too.

[@yussfx3517]

que hermoso es su vals maestro rosas...

[@jeopardy60611]

I always liked this piece because it's played in the arcade game Carnival.

[@claudiogonzalez8283]

Hit it Joe !

[@staspastukh2005]

Great job, Joe!

[@raistlinmills131]

I find it sad that so few of these remain. The only videos that I can find online are this one, Joe's Style 20 and the Speelklok's Style 25. I believe Joe has a Style 50 and a Style 31 in storage, there are no videos of either of these styles online. I also saw a Style 1 for sale online. It was sold and now I can only find the image of it.

[@jeopardy60611]

I just thought of something as I'm returning to this video. If you shot a silent movie in an arcade of someone playing Carnival back in 1980 when that machine came out, you could play this roll as background music for that. At that time, many people, including my parents, only had silent movie cameras to shoot video, so they would be making silent movies, and the Fotoplayer could come into play for showing them.

[@gregorkrause]

this was a popular #circuspiece back in the days of the pipe organs,calliopes, bands.

[@adampeirce5764]

It still is popular

[@jensg367]

You hear the melody on European street organs often. Never knew that is was Mexican.

[@carlosmontemayor5442]

The reason for that is because Juventino Rosas sold the rights to an Austrian company called Wagner and Levien who in turn published the song in Deutsch as: Uber Der Wellen (Over the Waves). The song was written in 1888 by Rosas who was an Otomí, one of the several indigenous peoples of Mexico. Rosas wrote it as a classic waltz meant to be played by an orchestra but once in Austria it found its way in the circus environment.

[@christianx8494]

I like those morse keys so much.

[@richardclay]

"When you are in love it's the loveliest time of the year...?"

[@lohphat]

Are the stop transitions indicated on the roll? BTW, thank you for posting these. I can't watch without remembering Huel introducing you to the larger audience via YT; I keep seeing him over your shoulder mesmerized and jubilant like the kid at heart he was.

[@joerinaudo6228]

The stop transitions are not marked on the roll. Huell was fantastic! He truly loved what he did and loved to share even more!

[@chazdesimone7306]

Go to Joe's website silentcinemasociety.org and search "fotoplayer" - several items will show up, including details about this marvelous music machine. Be sure to subscribe to the website newsletter!

[@richardclay]

This tune is definitely the song "When You are in Love." I don't know about any Mexican connection. It has been in several movies as well as being used in circus acts (back when circuses existed). DON'T take my word for it. LOOK it up!

[@alangknowles]

This a different fotoplayer from the one in your house!

[@Thexdmattx]

So this is like one of the first audio mixers lol.

[@jeopardy60611]

I have seen videos of various types of player pianos, organs, and machines that had multiple instruments. It fascinates me so much that they had all these things to play music automatically like that before computers and MIDI.

[@masterandservant8021]

By the way... Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena did not invent the COLOR TV either, he developed an alternative to it, by making a full-electronic system to accomplish the combination of chroma values with no moving parts, but color tv was a thing already back in those days, I know it because I'm a Mexican devourer of history books.

[@thehotone12]

I know it as “Somewhere my Love”

[@dennisspinkshappyforbusker2523]

Interesting player!

[@sillyfunforeveryone7605]

Walter plays it as his theme song

[@harrw3168]

Composer was Mexican.

[@masterandservant8021]

he was indeed, his name was Juventino Rosas.

[@Musicmany2k]

What style of American Fotoplayer is this one ?

[@danielmurphy4415]

Style 41

[@cptsky4262]

Bioshock gene bank in real life

[@GoPro._Musica]

I thought you only had one American Fotoplayer.

[@raistlinmills131]

He donated this one to the Linwood Dunn, he has the Style 20 in his living room and a Style 50 in storage.

[@winstonskiddieridesadventu2834]

No drums or a cymbal?

[@jappedut9009]

The drums seems to be missing 😮

[@Richard-vq7ud]

About how much does one of these contraptions cost?

[@craldswaldinsomdutra6631]

Well, if I'm not mistaken, the factory produced around 4500, of which there are a few more than 50 known assembled units today. From those 50, about 10 of them work. So, I'd say they are worth pretty much a fortune

[@Richard-vq7ud]

Craldswaldinsom Dutra wow, thanks. What a shame that ovr 4000 of these masterpieces are gone forever.

[@nyccollin]

Richard they were about $3,500 in 1910.

[@Richard-vq7ud]

@@nyccollin oh wow, im not surprised. It would be really hard to keep up with those Jones

[@nyccollin]

Richard 1915 Style 45 recently went for 414k at auction. rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mh12/the-milhous-collection/lots/l752/187803

[@erikmeidoorn1745]

Seasick? No from the Music Only looking too the Moving Film Pictures on the Ship

[@marmite-land]

Oh wow. There is a vox humana rank. I don't like this one much but eh ! more than 6 ranks for a photoplayer, i call that a world record !

[@thnkgodimanatheist]

Gene bank from bioshock

[@TheAutisticKeybladeWielder]

little Black Rain Cloud Anyone?

[@roughdiamond3755]

🌧

[@erabell957]

Por qué no indica que es un vals mexicano, compuesto por Juventino Rosas, nacido en el estado de Guanajuato? Why don't you say that Is a mexican waltz, wrote.by Juventino Rosas, who was borned un Guanajuato state?

[@masterandservant8021]

Because statesiders are hard to recognize someone else's merits, and they are harder in doing so when something great comes from Mexican creators. That's why..! Simple.

[@BitSmythe]

Please get another camera operator who can hold still.