"AVE MARIA" Played On 1905 MIRA 18 1/2 Inch Concert Grand Console Music Box

Here is a lovely rendition of Charles Gounod's "Ave Maria" ("Hail Mary") as played on one of our 1905 18 1/2 inch Mira Concert Grand console music boxes. I have always enjoyed listening to the piece on this particular music box as it never fails to leave me speechless. I have played this same selection on music box discs from my collection on our 20 1/2 inch Olympia music box, 15 1/2 inch Reginaphone and 17 1/4 inch Stella and this particular rendiion on this box produces the finest rendition of all of them. Thanks for stopping in.

[@HolzMichel]

one can only stand in awe of the people who built these things and the skill that went into the making of the machine

[@FireController1847]

*glares at Marble Machine X by Wintergatan*

[@mysterioushawk2171]

True words said...

[@FFXZeldagames]

It truly is marvelous how the Muggles got along without magic.

[@bahrambakhtiyar]

@@FFXZeldagames Some Potterhead problems...

[@CEBph5997]

@@FFXZeldagames Yeah an RPG to the face can kill literally anyone.

[@henrikevertsson8702]

Musical boxes are magical, but also a bit sad. It's like "canned" emotions. Crystal clear and vibrant, but strangely lifeless.

[@topophil]

I could not agree more. I think it shows you that music does not really come from the musical instrument, but somewhere else.

[@nooffence2769]

*deep

[@anthonybawia99]

@@topophil couldn’t agree more. We can see that the music needs both the instrument but mainly the person who plays on it. He creates the emotions, the atmosphere and how the audience consumes the sound. It’s wonderful

[@picleus]

Ehh, entirely electronic music, never "played" music exists and is often beautiful and full of emotion. Music boxes are in the same realm, but they are generally not used in innovative ways. If you want some food for thought, check out Wintergatan's "Marble Machine." The device has manual elements, but it's a true beauty of automated music performance. EDIT: mitxela "More MIDI madness" here on KZbin also has some interesting, albeit silly, ideas.

[@kdvr766]

Like marriage 🤣😢☹️

[@brightman232]

knowing the fact that its from 1905, it's just mesmerising

[@Saranaprasadam]

It is older than Titanic

[@iamabigfatbutt]

The tech behind this is no different than music boxes, which go back to the late 1700s. Now look up wire recorders and really have your mind blown.

[@arcosprey4811]

Thats pretty recent

[@b0wgey]

and i just know it today.

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@iamabigfatbutt The original technology, revolving cylinders with pins sticking out of them, was invented by the Banu Musa brothers of Baghdad in the 9th century. Many improvements have been made to the designs of musical automata since then.

[@DBBravo]

The algorithm has, once again, gathered all of us

[@dickrichard626]

Do you know what being redundant is?

[@DBBravo]

@@dickrichard626 what was so redundantly redudant?

[@humanplace1962]

lmao

[@수하긴]

Hi Mr.Burton

[@THEBOSS47MLG]

Nah band teacher

[@clubtcb]

The technical ingenuity of our forefathers never ceases to amaze me.

[@Jakkomies]

Upscaling a music box?

[@johnlucas6683]

Working with what they have, and over time.

[@LSK2K]

@ur door lame You sound like a moronic redditor.

[@LSK2K]

@ur door lame Do I sound salty or do I taste salty? Maybe you should post another unfunny immense at r/politicalhumour

[@latslarsson2001]

@ur door lame why does that matter lol

[@xlemonpiex.]

that sounds so magical..

[@Marlonxx_]

Me also

[@redstonecommander5190]

Yeah, I’m not sure about you guys but out of all the music box melodies this one hits me hard And if this lovable vibe literally hits you on your childhood memories this feeling becomes amplified by how deeply emotional and fragile you are

[@RetiredLover]

This brings a tear to my eye, the sound of past. I can picture people gathered around this instrument in an old Victorian living room, the logs in the fireplace crackling with Mom &Dad sitting in the overstuffed chairs and the red velvet curtains behind them, us kinds on the large area rug. The gas lights flickering and the snow swirling outside the picture window.

[@henrikrulofs9636]

Yes, wonderful description and I thought similar, remembering one pair of my great-grandparents married 6 years earlier and the other beautiful couple one year later. Deo gratias

[@kevinmooney1214]

I agree with you.

[@Valay.]

Imagina building a french chateau just to house this incredible piece of engineering history and piece of art

[@Valay.]

I absolutely love ur description

[@linkmaxwell]

"In a hundred and fifteen years, people across the world will be listening to this device over instruments so advanced as to appear to be magic."

[@jessetaylor7532]

I don't know what I was expecting it to sound like but that was not it. absolutely love how it sounds though.

[@segoon2000]

You were expecting maybe Schubert's Ave Maria. This one is by a different composer, named Gounod.

[@ecosseza4030]

As an early Gen X i think we vastly underestimate the engineering of what came before us, I am in tears and speechless.

[@samuelsaurus]

In tears 💀

[@kristianbailes2974]

imagine this playing Christmas music

[@arbreshaismajli5617]

kristian I would sleep with this song by the fire place

[@Abcd123Alex]

Ikr

[@NorthernChev]

Ugh...

[@sarahpursley719]

Beats Mariah Carey Christmas any day.

[@williamgardner5256]

Problay my favourite version on this instrument kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5fWf4OtfKiGitE

[@andreweliason713]

Thank you for the good quality audio recording.

[@lucasdealmeida8098]

I was expecting the one by Schubert, but this is good too

[@LittleLion93]

This is a soundtrack of a dream *___*

[@aisforamerica2185]

My great-grandmother had one of these in her house when I was growing up. Wonderful memories.

[@terenas1986]

The Mira and the Stella give the nicest sounds as far as I can hear... breathtaking.

[@finnmccool684]

It's absolutely stunning. I especially love the echoing effect of the fading note phrases. Incredible.

[@stuartdickinson5282]

I never get bored from hearing this, someone did a sterling job in restoring this mechanical marvel ! I would sure like to meet the lucky chap who owns this ! Always a pleasure to hear and It makes me think of Maria callas who like this superb instrument, does justice to Ave Maria ! Thank you for sharing !

[@cornchipcharlie9370]

What a beautiful piece of musical technologies. Absolutely wonderful

[@Fuelys]

This song is like a travel to magical land. I love it thank you for sharing !

[@paulwalker2401]

I've only ever seen these on TV programmes ,,and they are absolutely beautiful, the music is stunning and the sound truly amazing,, love to have one,, loved this music and the video, brilliant..

[@Danstarr13]

bro is this physical midi??? cos holy shit that's cool

[@helmetedautistic8647]

Then you should check music paper piano.

[@impossibleworld924]

@@helmetedautistic8647 what i was gonna say lmao

[@SDrizzy]

@@helmetedautistic8647 what is that? tried looking it up

[@ethanlai1044]

@@SDrizzy a player piano is a piano that plays itself using paper rolls with music encoded in them.

[@novaflame4812]

@@helmetedautistic8647 yeah, there's also the carnival calliope, which is a self playing pipe organ, and they are a real treat to watch and listen to. And most modern pipe organs have a midi function too, mind you, a computer is usually required to be hooked up, but some older models use the music paper that player piano's and calliopes used back in the old days as well, so despite it's popularity as a digital format, midi has been around for quite some time as a self playing music format.

[@helenabulati9820]

I did not expect to be suddenly taken to a different, beautiful world, today. When the music started i felt as if i had traveled to a beautiful fantasy world like Howl's flower garden.. this was magical

[@Death.Malakaiah]

wow thanks for sharing that with us, so amazing and dreamy... I love it

[@drwklam888]

An absolutely gorgeous piece that comes to life in this state of the art music box. Bravo!

[@Smashinz2002]

That was absolutely beautiful !! When I was a little kid, my great aunt had a large music box like this, and several tune sheets, but not this song that I can remember. Also, I had forgotten how wonderful the sustain is through the wooden box, it sounds sooo great!

[@dinomate01]

This is pure "Magic" Thanks for posting this !

[@manniponti]

Great music, music of a dream.....

[@lunatunaluna]

dat is one fancy music box ( = w = )

[@bluephantomwolf976]

( 0` w ´0) Cat? BARK BARK BORK BONK BERK BINK BONK BARK BARK BARK!!!!!!

[@tuantani8480]

Blue Phantom Wolf Oh my fucjing god I couldn't handle the *CRINGE*

[@juliannad6091]

Yup 👌

[@oldtimecraftchannel1534]

@@bluephantomwolf976 Meow (ΦωΦ)

[@excludermus]

uwu isabelle

[@Mr_x_19922]

Beautiful, imagine listening to that beauty in 1905

[@DisneyJF]

That is the power of Music, it makes men create ingenious machines just to listen to it. Absolutely Amazing.

[@SphinxxGames]

KZbin in 2021: Look at this, dude!!

[@youssouphafall6966]

C'est magnifique infiniment tendrement splendide Pure merveille crème de bonheur plaisir des Oreilles rythme émotionnel. joliment Merci

[@соняшник-д1о]

Certainly this makes me feel nostalgic. However, when I see and listen to this, the smile of the proud craftsman when I finish making this and let someone listen to it comes to my mind, and I also smile.

[@HolzMichel]

hard to count how many times in the last few months i've listened to this...thank you so much for the upload

[@bandkid3529]

Commenting to get you to listen to it again after 6 years

[@tsuki7905]

Someone tell me that I'm not the only one who found this in my recommended 10 years after they posted this

[@jermafan9158]

You’re not the only one who found this in your recommended 10 years after they posted this

[@dinkledankle]

Looking at the dozens/hundreds of comments posted only days before your's, I'd say no.

[@Smashinz2002]

@MusicBoxBoy I just love music, both creating it, playing it, and listening to it. To me, these antique music boxes provide a perfectly accurate revisitation of the sounds of the late 1800's and very early 1900's. There are very few things which can provide such an experience, putting you 'right there' yet again to enjoy it as it was (and still is). Oh, and let's not forget the artistic value of the machine itself, considering also just how much work went into building them, a much slower pace

[@fredleejohn4144]

Amazing piece of arts

[@barzinjahangirpour2744]

ive loved music boxes all my life man

[@ninjabluewings]

I have always had a fascination with musical boxes and this type really is AMAZING!

[@TheJukeboxVoice]

So beautiful!

[@mikegross6107]

I love "music boxes" and always wanted to own one such as this one! Thanks for sharing this one and keep them coming.

[@richardwillemain9664]

Is still just soo wonderful ! Thank you

[@MusicBoxBoy]

@WinterHaven I'm always amazed at how beautiful the arrangements were on these ancient music box discs. Thanks for the nice comments.

[@GabeNotNewell]

WHY THIS DOES NOT HAVE MILLION VIEWS??? ITS AWESOME!!!!!

[@stuartdickinson5282]

Superb sound, very lovely arrangement, Every time I hear this it's as good as the first time , sounds flawless,the chap who's restored it has done a sterling job !

[@garyrizwan1024]

and here I am listening to this on a Holy Monday evening. Ave Maria

[@frankrodriguezponte9960]

Its Just a wonderful invention!!!,Is so beautiful that I only can enjoy and smile❤❤❤❤

[@momouwu1937]

music boxes always sound so nostalgic

[@SHGbDjQnaR]

Absolutely fantastic lovely quality

[@pattysminiatureworld]

Thank you so much for sharing I have enjoyed all the discs.

[@richardwillemain9664]

still very special and magical ... thank you

[@leeshepherd8486]

Absolutely beautiful

[@larryware1]

Breathtakingly beautiful sound! Thank you for posting.

[@markmaifarth1822]

Beautiful chimes such as this from heaven from five to to ten seconds then our lady spoke greetings “hi mark” with such a beautiful tender voice. Chimes like these remember of that moment between sleep and awake.2006-2007?

[@romieljamesmoreno8488]

Amazing I love the music ☺

[@pauls7056]

Wow! What a privilege to hear this.

[@MusicBoxBoy]

@CanadaPisces You are very welcome. I do enjoy my collection and it's wonderful to be able to share some of my favorites with appreciative viewers. Thank you for the nice comments!

[@lonelyworld6373]

Thank you for sharing i am so glad that i found you ❤

[@richardwillemain9664]

Seems this playing gets better every time I hear it. Thank you, again.

[@ninirosso9866]

Yes! It's enjoyed me a lot! Thanks and greetings from Argentina!🇦🇷

[@MusicBoxBoy]

@Smashinz2002 Thanks for your comments and for sharing the nice story. It's refreshing to hear that you also commented on one of my favorite features of a large disc music box - and that is the long lasting tone (or sustain) produced by the combs and amplified by the cabinet as the final teeth that were struck are "cooling down". It is a truly magnificent sound and really enhances the ending of a tune!

[@rwillemain9814]

just so beautiful,,,,, thank you forever !!!

[@gottabesandi]

This sounds so twinkly, it’s magical 🥺

[@sashapatrick4072]

so hypnotic! to listen to and see it go around!

[@MusicBoxBoy]

@nickn5nl Thanks so much, Nick, for the wonderful and very much appreciated comments. Always great to hear from you. I'm sure you'll find your Mira 18 1/2 soon! Please be sure to keep in touch and stop in anytime.

[@Tiger-br8hq]

This will give me sweet dreams tonight

[@260609jcj]

So very beautiful! Thank you! A friend has several music boxes such as this one, and the clarity of the music is exquisite! Wish I had one!

[@DanielTorres-uv7ck]

I thank you for showing us this beautiful piece.

[@BerliMan]

Wunderschön ... Augen schließen und genießen.

[@SharpLady53]

Thank you, kind sir. Lovely. 🌈

[@CrazyBoy-pd4ht]

What an amazing piece of invention!

[@shadowwolfgalaxy4156]

😰AMAZING it makes me go back in time it is sweeet 😄

[@Msciwoj-j4x]

Such a complex sound 🥰🥰🥰 I just love it

[@Cynthia-vw9ov]

It's perfectly lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Beautiful clear sound.

[@crackheadengineer3716]

literally the first design of musical records

[@peter3525]

Beautiful.

[@aimeeinkling]

This video strangely jogged a memory of my family having one of these when I was very young. I had completely forgotten and now I wish I still had it.

[@richardwillemain9664]

always , always ,, soo wonderful...

[@crystalperry6370]

Absolutely lovely!

[@andersj.gonzalez4826]

A 2 minute trip to heaven... So amazing... Thanks for posting this video!

[@1Aikiross]

Wow, beautiful sound!

[@eleanoraitken1207]

VERY NICE TO HEAR SOME THING SO AWESOME

[@davidcoufal8724]

Fascinating.

[@judipodgurski5083]

Second most beautiful sound in the world, right behind the laughter of a baby. 🥰

[@bengrout4103]

So Beautiful

[@erichuntington9501]

Just astounding! I have never seen or heard anything like that!

[@ricardoalves5092]

Simplesmente expetacular, lindo demais. Um gênio quem desenvolveu esses dispositivos.

[@sionmarak1916]

This piece.. This... THIS is ART!

[@lolitapoly123]

absolutely beautifuly.💖💖💖. A Blessed Christmas to You.🙏🙏🙏

[@buffplums]

Such a wonderful sound

[@jeopardy60611]

I play keyboards and write original music. I have done audio recording with MIDI synths. I find it fascinating that there were machines like this that played music automatically before the MIDI days. I would be honored to have one of my original songs played by a music box like this.

[@siegfridbautista776]

I am gigging musician for almost a decade covering 60's and the techno synth sounds today but i am totally zero zero knowlsge in the midi thing.. however i ammalso impress in technological innovation back then,

[@MysticianLuna_VG]

victorian music boxes are my favorite

[@crazymarkiplierfan]

Imagine the first time this was ever seen by the public imagine how magical that moment must have been! But also knowing how the people from back then reacted to new things they probably thought it was witchcraft or something

[@Ivan-xo4wo]

This was made in the 20th century, not the middle age.

[@Idelia412]

Very nice arrangement and wonderful sound. Thanks for sharing!

[@waterflutehope]

so beautiful!

[@micheldubuis7597]

Un son magnifique avec une telle machine.

[@erickmartinez9541]

Absolutely Beautiful!

[@MusicBoxBoy]

@mayatatyana1 Thanks for the nice comments, Maya. Great to hear that you enjoyed this!

[@6R07C241507]

My ! BEAUTIFUL! This is a piece of Art! by Far the most meaningful selection on disc, and reminds me of my Great-Uncle's back in New Jersey. Please keep us entertained with your discovery, and enthralled with past invention! sincerely, in Albuquerque, N.M..