Entry of the Gladiators - Ruth 36X

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

It is amazing the realism the snare drummer has with the speed of the drumsticks as well as the other players and their instruments!

[@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin]

Everything sounds like brass or wood winds, no violin audible

[@fredblonder7850]

Yeah, but the clarinetist seemed sort of wooden.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Both of the drummer figures' animations are controlled by the same tracks that actually play the drums.

[@nivdel]

Beautiful machine and music.

[@e-mananimates2274]

I've never seen a band organ of this kind before. Very interesting! It's as if they want to see the idea that this is an entire band and not just a machine.

[@CBF1]

Well this is a customised version of a Ruth 36 appearance wise. It is a normal Ruth 36, only with animated figurines. Cosmetically unique, mechanically not. Rare or not, band organs are forever some of the most superior music sources out there. This, the Ruth 38, the Wurlitzer 153, the Wurlitzer 155 Monster, and the Wurlitzer 165 are so far my favourites. Another favourite of mine is the Artizan D, the first band organ I discovered. While it has more of a military sound, it has a nostalgic place in me and the violins are beautifully crafted in that organ species. Artizan made very good trumpet pipes as well.

[@vxart]

@e-mananimates2274 Its like the entire circus is there

[@nigellee9824]

You’re completely missing the point….it’s an orchestra first, and a machine secondly

[@e-mananimates2274]

@@nigellee9824 Well, yes. Most band organs, though, are just machines without any figures on them. There may be some of a conductor or a bell ringer, but this one takes it another step further.

[@Chan-Lin-Tao]

and without AI !!!

[@larryjohnson6385]

Awesome 👍 Thanks for sharing this beautiful machine 🙏

[@birgitsa1207]

Ein sehr schönes Instrument mit Orchester 😊❤❤

[@j6sj7]

This gives me goosebumps, thank you! I turn this up, close my eyes and I'm a boy again riding the carousel at Nunley's Happy Land in Bethpage, Long Island, NY! (We called the place "Jolly Roger's" after the restaurant adjacent to Nunley's. I remember riding my wooden pony, straining to catch the next glimpse of the mighty Ruth while other kids were trying to grab the brass ring. The animated figures fascinated me and the music moved me. This very instrument sparked in me a love of all forms of mechanical music and it culminated with me acquiring a 1910 player piano and learning how to restore it to playing condition. Does the owner ever allow the public to see and hear this instrument?

[@swenson6066]

Ich liebe alte Orgeln und deren Musik

[@kentrzacherl]

Sie sind schön!

[@penfold7800]

Absolutely faultless. The ammount of work that goes into the workings and maintence of these instruments amazes me. And to think that theyre all programmed in a similar way to the computers that put man on the moon were is just amazing. All this wonderful sound from a punched card of ons and offs.

[@kentrzacherl]

The people who designed and built these machines were geniuses! Originally book operated, this organ was converted to Wurlitzer 165 rolls around WWII. It has since been restored back to the original scale and chest. It now plays Wurlitzer 165 and BAB arrangements (both rolls and MIDI) and the original Ruth 36b scale (MIDI only)

[@arburo1]

@@kentrzacherl This organ deserves to be converted back to original and only play Ruth arrangements. The W165 and BAB arrangements cannot compete with the genius that is Ruth.

[@kentrzacherl]

@@arburo1 like I said in my comment, it does play the full 78 key Ruth 36 scale.

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Very nice. I really like this piece of music..

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

0:19 favorite part

[@GreyPon3]

The official theme song of the U.S. Congress. 😂

[@richardvoogd705]

The same could be said of governments in other countries too! 😊

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GreyPon3]

@@richardvoogd705 True enough. At least clowns are funny when they're working.

[@infledermaus]

Republicans.

[@infledermaus]

​@@richardvoogd705I'm thinking Mussolini.

[@D.E.P.-J.]

Ah, the trio

[@derkenobidude2252]

Imagine this at a abandoned Theme Park at night

[@C2706silokomitifuap]

Just kidding! The theme park isnt abandoned!

[@jaidenvandeventer]

Lekker 🤪

[@roboftherock]

Ah, another opportunity to recall the annual visits of the touring carnivals who visited my home town. Alas, it was at that time the 'carnies' were changing from these magnificent show pieces to gramophone records. The latter did take up a lot less space, though, and were easier to maintain.

[@RaggyAl1971]

Superb 76keyless Ruth.

[@risyamustario6056]

Yeay! We are making of harajuku tokidoki kawaii style circus train animals using with dis one.

[@fruitypebbles9363]

imagine you see a Chicago cubs circus parade by your house and you hear this

[@sousafan100]

mikey cut his teeth on the w157 but now he's graduated to the large ruth organs and their superior sound...ha

[@catholiccowboy8545]

Never heard of that before but I have to admit that I hate the circus. My parents took me to the circus, I was very young (in the 50s) and I always refused to go back. It's the stupidest thing in the world and it only serves to torture animals.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

What do you think of the all-human circuses with no other animals?

[@catholiccowboy8545]

@@andrewbarrett1537 .. you know I call animals "living beings" and human beings "animals".

[@tonystevens938]

i will credit your work

[@kentrzacherl]

?

[@tonystevens938]

@@kentrzacherl is this music copyright

[@kentrzacherl]

@@tonystevens938 the recording is my copyright, the actual arrangement is public domain (I believe)

[@risyamustario6056]

Yeay! We are making of harajuku tokidoki kawaii style circus lion astrology symbolism print using with dis one.

[@kurtbrigandi]

Was this the organ that was at Jolly Roger/Nunleys in Bethpage ,NY?

[@kentrzacherl]

Yes! The current owner purchased it when the park closed.

[@kurtbrigandi]

@@kentrzacherl I knew it, it’s a very unique organ! My father was at the auction and remembers that being sold for about 10k way back when. He was scouting out things from Coney Island since he has the largest collection in the world! Is the organ still on Long Island/NY area or has it moved elsewhere?

[@kentrzacherl]

@@kurtbrigandi the organ was sold prior to auction. The owner is a former employee of Nunley's, and now resides in Virginia.

[@tonystevens938]

hi there would you mind if i put this music as the background music on a video🙏🙏 i love your work

[@HeckaLives]

Clown Zone

[@LaurenceStant]

What animates the conductor and strings? I see the percussion is fed from the same air as the drum beaters.

[@tomgardiner794]

it has its own space in the music, it’s like the Marenghi VB scale and the Gavioli G4-Scale. Marenghi scale the band master plays with the drum and cymbal, but on G4 they play like that

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Yes the conductor's baton hand has their own separate track in the music. This is typical of many larger European fairground organs with original figures (although many smaller ones have had figures added later- if their music scale had no separate conductor track, the baton was connected to the bass drum / cymbal track as "good enough").

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Traditionally, Gavioli (at least) organs with a three-movement conductor figure, have the head and left arm connected together, and usually connected to the forte register, so that it seems like the conductor is "cueing" the "rest of the band" to play, in loud passages.

[@beavus2]

facebook and twittter anthem

[@kentrzacherl]

Especially Twitter these days

[@aberloch5987]

*Did You Mean:X?*

[@fruitypebbles9363]

Imagine you see a alaskan circus parade and you hear this

[@kentrzacherl]

Excuse me what?

[@KristoAnimates]

@@kentrzacherlthis man is always commenting random stuff. Hes like that.

[@friedhelmwilkens1477]

So herrlich analog

[@kentrzacherl]

Es funktioniert tatsächlich über MIDI!

[@kb43ver]

@@kentrzacherl Schade, so ein Instrument sollte man nicht mit Elektronik verschandeln.

[@kentrzacherl]

@@kb43ver MIDI ist die Zukunft. Das Erstellen eines Keyframes und das Importieren von Büchern ist unerschwinglich. Möchten Sie lieber, dass es weiterhin Wurlitzer 165-Walzen statt der Originalskala auf MIDI spielt? Auf dem MIDI-System befinden sich HUNDERTE Stunden Musik, und man kann keinen Unterschied erkennen.

[@EvanGreba-ic9nd]

Is this organ play 165 rolls

[@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin]

When did we start to associate this tune with circus?

[@kentrzacherl]

That's honestly a great question and warrants more research

[@MichaelJones-ng7zq]

Is this organ playing by book or MIDI?

[@kentrzacherl]

@@MichaelJones-ng7zq MIDI. It was converted to Wurlitzer 165 rolls, then reconfigured to 165/BAB rolls. In recent years MIDI was added to play 165, BAB, and the original Ruth 78 key scale. This was easily accomplished as no pipes were removed or damaged in the original conversion.

[@KristoAnimates]

Is this Your organ?

[@kentrzacherl]

No. It's owned by a friend

[@KristoAnimates]

@@kentrzacherl If its possible in anyway Could you ask for it to play "Hi-diddle-dee-dee (An Actor's life for me)"?

[@YvonneKroeders]

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[@liacantero899]

Este padece la canción del circo 🎪

[@KristoAnimates]

Es porque si es

[@zombywoof1072]

Wonderful, rich tone. The arrangement isn't the best though.