Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina Modell B - "Home in Pasadena"

Recorded in T. Richter's studio for mechanical instruments in Neu-Isenburg, Germany

[@AshishKulkarni7]

This machine is astounding! An automated violin player built over a 100 years back! Amazing. Truly a marvel of engineering. And this tune is so beautiful. It's totally stuck in my head for the past 2 days.

[@komradeheavy3522]

Ashish Kulkarni I couldn't agree more. You explained what I heard for about a week in mind

[@gunnarthefeisty]

This is a really great song- you can find orchestra recordings from 1924!

[@LIUxJIAxHAO]

best version of Home in Pasadena

[@staspastukh2005]

True?

[@XerosOfficial]

@sir dave chasssington of dude land and comumbris true, it had less mistakes on there. They must've gotten lucky.

[@dead_roses1480]

Its so beautiful I'm crying

[@Karokendo]

seriously ;-;

[@novano1d]

it is though

[@lopez8122]

Beautiful is right!

[@MrFunreal]

i think i just fell in love with this thing.

[@Charliecomet82]

I never realized a song could make me feel so happy and joyful, especially when played like this!

[@MTSVW]

As someone with a violin I can’t play, a piano I can barely play, and a Mercedes with pneumatic door looks that frequently fail, I appreciate how amazing it is that this thing even works, let alone sounds so good. The engineering is just as beautiful as the music.

[@trittt3672]

This is my favorite version I like how simple it sounds and the brass and percussion give it a feel but I can make it sad or happy.

[@Solent19]

I use it as my alarm in the morning, and when the weather is good, it makes me feel happy, but if the weather is bad, it makes me feel sad... but it's an amazing melody anyways.

[@mistahdorian2540]

Been searching for this song since I was 10.. it's so beautiful😫

[@khloewilliams7487]

same

[@davidcarson4421]

Various versions on KZbin.

[@zekethetruckdriver]

Lovers of music with an engineering marvel.

[@Artameful]

zekethetruckdriver I want to do this so bad. I must make the next marvel!!

[@Ichigo_Keba]

you can do that or remake this marvel with a computer instead of a musicroll

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Violin trio works like a Hurdy Gurdy because the Violins are surrounded by a Bow Wheel that spins to Bow the Strings, and then on the Necks of the Violins are Mechanical Tangents that press on the Strings to change the Pitch.

[@pikachu2593]

beautiful... very beautiful 😢

[@clintontruman3809]

The most lovely sounding Phonoliszt playing a delightful rendition of Harry Warren's 1923 composition. Bravissimo ! Harry must have have been pleased.

[@adriandominguez6355]

wintergatan sent me xd

[@mr.hungryloser]

Same

[@nikolaiorr8383]

Same here dude can't wait for the marbel machine X to be completed

[@CBF1]

Same here.

[@unifiedjanitorialservices3383]

Yes best version, I really enjoy this song on this version

[@villageacules8225]

Wintergatan anybody?

[@thecrimsonking-3326]

Villageacules yes and no lol I actually saw one on a field trip in Illinois(USA) it’s in a place called the Sanfilippo mansion

[@CBF1]

yes, i heard this same song on wintergatan's video

[@staspastukh2005]

@@CBF1 Why?

[@starshooter1668]

yep

[@dennisspinkshappyforbusker2523]

Ingenious mechanical musical machine, its fascinating to look at and listen to👌. Thank you for sharing.

[@cade9409]

So freaking beautiful

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Just listened to "Story Music Box" from Yoshi's Island for the first time yesterday. And then listened to this for the first time today. The first parts are strikingly similar.

[@rexmage]

Truly this is blessed.

[@thecartheorist2690]

I love the sound of this marvelous piece of musical history, this piece sounds surprisingly good for something over 100 years old, and the song by far is the best version I have heard, this is astonishing.

[@boombox4037]

The most beautiful sound of them all

[@Quawa1]

This was MIDI before MIDI was invented.

[@559806]

I need to go to Europe.

[@MarcelReinieren]

Do it. It's great over here :) I've seen this beautiful orchestrion playing this weekend at the Speelklok museum in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Ironically, the Marble Machine is one of the machines over there that will never play it's song anymore. (It is still in Utrecht)

[@starshooter1668]

i cant believe some people still have this masterpiece

[@larryjohnson6385]

Awesome 😎

[@cbf2864]

Wintergatan recorded a video of one of these playing the exact same song!

[@Solent19]

you won't believe how annoted i am that this is out of tune, but the machine and the melody are both increndibly beautiful

[@zacdemarest5493]

sound quality is a bit off but the song and machine is perfection incarnate

[@JayHawke84]

A "modern reproduction" one I imagine wouldn't be impossible to make, amazing machine though

[@the_mysterious_gamer1657]

Dang I wish I could own one but it would probably cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars

[@limeddasch382]

The Mysterious gamer Just ask Trump he'll buy you one.

[@the_mysterious_gamer1657]

TrotelHD Hehe lol good one

[@thecrimsonking-3326]

No just that but there’s only like a handful left and most people who own this would never sell it sadly

[@limeddasch382]

The Crimson King - Yeah cause their blithering idiots.

[@Ichigo_Keba]

i looked how much they are and its $850000 in U.S money

[@masonmullen9434]

How much for it? I’ll pay top dollar for an amazing invention like this one!

[@RexOnTheDex]

Hope you're a millionnaire in that case, because you won't get one for less than $850k!

[@CBF1]

@@RexOnTheDex I actually found one for sale. www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/musical-instruments/hupfeld-phonoliszt-violina-model-b-music-cabinet/id-f_4440903/

[@PiratoZiveranut]

@@CBF1 one year later, it's still for sale. Maybe you can negotiate a small discount :)

[@CBF1]

@@PiratoZiveranut good to hear rn i'm after a wurlitzer monster cos there's only 3 of those and one's 4 sale

[@b43xoit]

How is the ring that bows the strings being driven and controlled?

[@grandcarriage1]

Is it Just using the top 3 strings since each violin seems to be playing just one string? I love this song… is this the machine in the Netherlands at the music machine museum?

[@nielsberkers]

it is indeed using just 3 strings. it plays: 11 notes (D to C) on the D string 11 notes (A to G) on the A string 17 notes (E to G#) on the E string 50 notes on the piano (C# to D) Oh, and no, this is not one of the two Phonoliszt-Violina's in Museum Speelklok.

[@judepatricktipon4164]

Spotify back in the day wasn’t portable, huh

[@georgebattrick2365]

And the lever at the top moves back and forth to generate vibrato. Cunning.

[@supersniper2869]

First question: How does it even read the sheet.

[@BeeDoesThings]

I don't know all the logistics behind it but it's based around the same system music boxes use.

[@supersniper2869]

probably but Hey, guess what? I don't know how those work either! yay!

[@rexmage]

I know all music boxes I've seen use pin tumblers on a wheel, like bike spokes. No idea about this but I'm certain it's fascinating.

[@arburo1]

The music roll is read by a partial vacuum which then leads to a set of valves and registers. Simple really!

[@b43xoit]

@@arburo1 So there's a vacuum motor driving the ring?

[@akivatalansky]

How do they tune these violins?

[@tomasgonda1250]

I NEED SHEET MUSIC!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@UCF753BEPvwbpun3uZvdJ4Iw Hopefully you can see that these Violins have Guitar Style machine head tuners so it's easier to string & tune them up w/ a string winder.

[@KiwiClawDHA]

I'm trying to find the sheat music for the violin. Most lik9in the 3 parts.

[@totskokis]

you won't find it, because I have searched for it for a long time. I just decided that am going to transcribe and I almost done at transcribing by ear. The most difficult thing is writing the piano accompaniment.

[@KiwiClawDHA]

@@totskokis that is amazing. Though I know how it feels to bot find a compilation for something. You're awesome. Since I'm a noob violinist. I though about playing it like the machine and editing my three selfs beside each other and a friend to play the piano. Though I thought the piano would be the easiest for I would think there would be references from other "Home in Pasadena" songs.

[@robotwolf]

Where do you get a circular bow?

[@PiratoZiveranut]

@robotwolf It's an exceptional piece made with 17000 horsetail's hair!

[@Thiviru_premarathne]

Plz tune your voilins

[@plagued_inferno6059]

Where can I buy a set of blueprints for this?

[@askjeevescosby2928]

Sounds like the yoshis island song.

[@matildatheoboldt2261]

When you're a bard/artificer multi class

[@Flodu60500]

Wow ! This mervelous this really needs some tuning for the violins... We can hear tone discrepency from time to time :(

[@ClassicCabFrance]

Too much vibrato kills vibrato, making a crying effect

[@mistie710]

One violin is out of tune.

[@shandfan]

So much,that can turn out of tune,but...what about regulating the whole beast? I once heard the thing completely out of regulation.,just imagine!!!~!!