Playing a Street Organ For the First Time

[@Wintergatan]

Hey Everyone, there will be no new WW Video Today, Wednesday October 11:th! We are very sorry for that, both me and Hannes have been indisposed for a week and we will get back to regular posting as soon as possible! Just wanted to let you all know why, and that we are back to normal soon, take care! Martin & Co

[@ohwellhey6221]

Wintergatan Aw

[@mark109k]

Take your time Martin ;)

[@CasperMeenink]

Take care @Martin! (and @Hannes of course!) Thank you so much for the awesome vinyl of Wintergatan, it's got a special place now :-) Casper

[@sfrimann]

Take care both of you

[@syler48]

Thanks for the heads up! I was hoping, but we all would rather you take your time and do great things! :)

[@daisyrushton1574]

YMCA is the perfect song for such a flamboyant looking instrument

[@buddyclem7328]

thomas rushton But if only the tiny figurines could spell out Y.M.C.A.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

LOL

[@tolkiyas]

What does YMCA means ?

[@billkeithchannel]

The village people were a gay musical group so that adds to the irony.

[@cals4887]

i was like, that sounds familiar

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Okay, I have to admit I wasn't expecting "YMCA" of all songs...

[@tommy.eklund]

My thoughts exactly... :'D

[@Zortzico]

Neither was I, and it took me a moment to recognize it during the intro. After a few seconds you realize just how perfect of a song choice it was, it sounds great!

[@homosapienssapiens19]

Spoilers! There are of those that read comments while the video loads, and yours is at the top.

[@popenfresh]

homosapienssapiens19 spoilers? Lul

[@locouk]

blalo'u I hope you sang along to it. 😂👍

[@Nebelweiten]

Aww, the people at Speelklok are all so incredible nice and friendly. I love them.

[@easycompzeelandold2521]

thats because he is from the Netherlands!

[@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH]

I myself have performed on this very organ! & And the much bigger Aalster Gavioli!

[@crazybeehive2373]

Andrew Smith how did you do that

[@MrHeesbeen]

Yes they are Lars and it is nice that the mainly young guides are keen to preserve their heritage and are so enthusiastic. Anyone interested in mechanical music from music boxes to full blown organs, should visit this museum in a church in Utrecht near the Dom Tower.

[@zaneortman2978]

“Why are your arms so big?” “I grind and organ for a living.” “Ohhhhhhhh...”

[@halotroop2288]

"Oh, nice arm muscles. Have you been working out?" "Yeah, playing my organ" o.o "Okay.... then..." "WAIT! I MEAN AN INSTRUMENT!" "I'll stay out of what you do with your 'instrument'."

[@circuitboarddudegaming5700]

mmm hmmm ok

[@walkerschlott4518]

I love how at the start of this series Martin is very professional and fairly withdrawn, but now he is like best friends with the people at the Speelklok Museum

[@BendMan]

I would put bicycle speedometer on that Organ so it would be easy to keep an even tempo.

[@buddyclem7328]

BendMan Bicycle pedals would make it even easier, and the whole Gilligan's Island contraption would be fun to watch.

[@BendMan]

Yeah! I can imagine retro bicycle with huge front wheel somehow integrated into that instrument and rider with a strange retro outfit. Maybe an idea for Wintergatan3?

[@wobblysauce]

+

[@billkeithchannel]

Gilligan's Island theme song book. Now that is a great song idea!

[@Mister_Eiffel]

@BendMan Could you imagine if it was a moving machine too? Like you could pedal around town while playing or something.

[@BobtheBuilder0]

When I was a kid i loved these street organs! Every Thursday there was a market were there was something just like that!

[@Judas1911WR1]

for me they pretty much sound like all the musik for the supernintendo rpg-games was made with them :D

[@d.r.9888]

I have the same feeling, looks like a pokemon song ^^

[@bellablackmist5033]

Bob de Bouwer how do you findnone of these holy junk!!

[@MarquisDeSang]

What, are you 100 years old? Lucky you.

[@Evaisa]

There was one in the city here last week, here in the netherlands they are still everywhere.

[@MikeeVee]

Lmfao, you really like letting the bellows empty, and he doesn't. It's so funny to see him rush over to try and stop it from emptying.

[@AudieHolland]

That's simply not true. The only reason Joost is rushing to keep it turning is he wishes the song to continue playing. At 05:17 he lets it die himself and he doesn't look annoyed.

[@BlindEmpress]

That museum really keeps up maintaining that street organ. It sounds so clean I love it!! I always love listening to vintage and antique musical instruments like the player piano and other instruments that were mechanically prrogrammed to play. Keep in mind, instruments like the street organ really set the pavement for today's MIDI programs.

[@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307]

Some of the Street organ have been converted to play MIDI instead of paper rolls but most of them still play paper rolls and Reproduction rolls and books are still made for them.

[@SpikeOriundo]

The best rendition of YMCA I've ever heard.

[@nodin9439]

Adios Nonino really sounds like a JRPG soundtrack when it is played on a street organ

[@tommy.eklund]

I love the fact that you have at least two microphones recording these incredible machines, so that we get the stereo image.

[@jakesteampson7043]

3:44 To be honest, YMCA was probably the last song I was expecting.

[@puttyhands]

You are such an inspiration. An eye for film, an ear for music, and a heart for creativity. Truly an inspiration for me, and I am genuinely excited for your weekly updates and learning about the things you love. Would honestly watch more content you did with more stuff like this. Keep up the awesome work. Excited for MMX

[@UygurPalestino]

Some trivia: "Adios Nonino" means "Goodbye, daddy". When Piazzolla receibed the new of the dead of his phater, he stay alone in his room. After half of an hour in complete silence, his daughter hear that he was playing the bandoneón. He was composing "Adios Nonino".

[@buddyclem7328]

Filosofía de película Wow, that's a powerful story. Music can heal such deep pain.

[@marikehazenberg]

@@buddyclem7328 It was also the song played at the wedding from Maxima and Willem Alexander ( Dutch king and queen)

[@AndAndmed]

I love Piazzola. He was the best!

[@roasty80]

Absolutely adore these videos. The craftsmanship and engineering is fascinating

[@Vladimir_Kv]

Such a street musician could defend himself and his prized possession at any time by throwing devastating punches...

[@jopomeister]

The guides are so cute, man, such lovely people

[@macdjord]

Man, the sound of the bellows collapsing is so perfectly recognizable. It is /literally/ music grinding to a halt.

[@birdkooistra1329]

This is so much fun watching & listening to mechanical historical instruments. Thank you so much for doing this for all of us to enjoy.

[@archersamael]

In case you dont know, the last song is *"Adiós Nonino"* (farewell father) by *Astor Piazzola* an argentinian composer _(1921-1992)._ Here is if you want to hear it in its original version of 1969. [ kzbin.info/www/bejne/op-bdp6Hg8RgjtE ]

[@alamcho]

Venía a ver si alguien lo había comentado. Aguante wintergatan, papá!

[@archersamael]

Si, de hecho me sorprendió que el mismo no lo había aclarado. Quizás no lo sepa.

[@BobOgden1]

A beautiful piece of music

[@stijnjanssens1785]

That was actually a song played by an orchestra at the wedding day of King Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand van Oranje Nassau of the Netherlands and Máxima Zorreguieta, and because of her Argentinian, heritage, this song was played. It can be seen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHu6dZJtbZ5ghac and is a very well known part of Dutch media history. And if you didn't get the link to this video already: the Speelklok museum is situated in Utrecht, the Netherlands, which explains the usage of this piece.

[@archersamael]

+Bob Ogden Indeed. In fact the whole album (of the same name) is a masterpiece.

[@darinwood2183]

These machines/instruments simply amaze me. The creativity that went into designing and building them. This is an enjoyable series

[@LuceScarlet]

I wasn't expecting "YMCA" but at least we haven't been Rick Rolled xD

[@maskedmica1913]

Don't go giving him ideas.

[@buddyclem7328]

LMAO!

[@dustinm2717]

NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP NEVER GONNA... ok i won't

[@swiftfox3461]

I wouldn't mind for one. Maybe as an April fools prank he might do it.

[@rigormortem]

I'm always amazed to see old mechanic instruments, keep up this kind of videos, please!

[@thomasdickson35]

I must say I appreciate you and your other listeners. The overall tone of the comments and the conversations are actually constructive! You bring good vibes and I wish them to you as well. Keep it up Martin!

[@TinchoRz]

8:07 He said "Adios Nonino" song by Astor Piazzolla, argentine bandoneon player!

[@guilleterra]

_Comentario diciendo "aguante argentina!", "piazzolla es el mejor compositor y bandoneonista" etc_ jajaja

[@aristidesbouza]

Hi there!!! It is very nice to listen Piazzola’s Adiós Nonino and verify that it’s still hard to play on any type of instrument!!! Greetings from Argentina!!! And: keep doing things like this!!!!

[@verstecktefrau]

Adiós Nonino sounds cool! My brothers were taught to play it on flute at school when they were kids.

[@marinesmauro]

Piazzolla!! Perfection!! I almost cried!! It was an unexpected start for a video. Very good.

[@leanlapiana]

Mal yo tampoco lo podía creer, muy emocionante la verdad

[@stacysalinas22]

I have a new respect for organ grinders... lots of work! They must have all been in great shape!

[@TooManyMoths]

Merry-Go-Round 1 looks too intense for me

[@4IN14094]

Merry-Go-Round 1 had broken down

[@blueberry1c2]

Merry-Go-Round 1 has crashed.

[@The_oli4]

Merry-Go-Round 1 still isn't fixed get more engineers or organize them better.

[@williamlee7119]

Merry-Go-Round 1 is a really good value

[@MonkiFish69]

Guests cannot find entrance to Merry-Go-Round 1

[@anthomas101]

Makes me think of the original Roller Coaster Tycoon :)

[@andrewlafleur8146]

LOL Yes!!

[@RyanFlee]

My exact same thought!

[@MaxxMcGeeImpactStudios]

Best was when the carousel broke and played faster :)

[@NitroNinja324]

Anthony Grise The sound of honestly sounds like it belongs in a Pokemon game.

[@billkeithchannel]

A year or two of my life was devoted to RCT/RCT2. I made my own recreation of Cedar Point.

[@geniew5946]

That was absolutely fantastic! I liked how you thought the drum should be on the front and not the back - the 90-degree kick drum would've fit here nicely. And no cats were actually smothered in the making of this video, right? Okay, perhaps only two or three. :)

[@verdatum]

Thank you for taking the time to get a quality stereo recording of this. It sounds incredible.

[@htmagic]

Martin, that was pretty cool to watch.

[@alfredsharp239]

That looks much harder than I thought it would be

[@WouterWeggelaar]

8:55 Lois and Joost looking very concentrated in the background to see how Martin is doing ;) Awesome episode. I used to hate street organs, but that has to do with the people playing them and the terrible song choice that usually accompanies them Adios Nonino, 10/10 would recommend! And in case you are unaware, that piece is quite famous in The Netherlands because it was played at the wedding of our King and Queen

[@Koen030NL]

used to hate them in my student years whenever i was hungover they seemed to be standing in front of my house giving me a worse headache 😅

[@Shunieeez]

Wonderful instrument, and I could feel Bioshock infinite vibes. I love it.

[@teaMoW]

Gotta love Holland, man! Wherever you go, whoever you talk to, everybody is super friendly and fluent in english without even thinking about it. Try that here in Germany...

[@lileinstein104]

These videos are no where near as popular as they should be, they are so fantastic!

[@floridagoods]

Thanks so much for sharing this Museum, its my favorite utube subscriptions Wintergatan, these are definately professionally made mini movies you guys bring us.

[@emilylikesdonuts154]

:) your videos legit make my week better.

[@swiftfox3461]

Emily Barbee Agreed

[@norxcontacts]

My low expectations were blown out of the water, very cool.

[@Weretyu7777]

YMCA goes old school. Thank you, Wintergatan.

[@CuriousMarc]

What a beautiful sounding organ! In perfect tune, with very precise rendering. You are a quick learner too! Once I tried it and my tempo was all over the place. By the second try you already got it! You are a natural for mechanical music machines...

[@tubegor]

There are kinds of people who inspire you and others that can make you descend. I am always happy when I find the first kind there I am also well. Thanks.

[@EmilianaPrcik]

Excelente! Astor Piazzolla, un gran visionario de la nueva música de mi querida Argentina y el mundo. ❤ Gracias desde Buenos Aires!

[@CornishMiner]

Love Wintergatan Mondays!

[@Mrviccietor]

I love that sound, as a dtuch guy it's like walking down the streets in a city and hearing the organ play. Thanks for showing us

[@Spintown]

Can't tell you how much I've enjoyed this series thus far.

[@facelessmusicdiary]

I never thought about the arm tiredness before!

[@reallivebluescat]

Faceless Music Diary i can think of another use of the name organ grinder. A wanker. Literally.

[@stonedsavage7814]

speaking from experience it gets so hard to turn when the Bass pipes are singing theres a real good reason why they was motorised so quickly plus when only a few pipes are singing it becomes very relaxed but you only get like 2 secs of a break before it becomes alive again :) its a stupidly hard skill to do but always worth it.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Good grinding technique demonstrated on a Marenghi organ here with the "Lambada": kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIXIeKifibmXfcU

[@andrewbarrett1537]

...even more here on this Bursens organ: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqO3oJ2DYpiZsNk

[@TwistedShrapnel]

I absolutely love this series. By far one of the best, fun, and educational on KZbin. Keep up the great work! :D

[@JonMillermusic]

HAHAHA! YMCA is the song of my childhood. There is something so intriguing about the sound of this instrument.

[@greggriggs3913]

You are giving me such an education in such things as this. I love it. The drum on the organ doesn't sound quite right in my small opinion but the over all sound is entrancing, I love it. Thanks for sharing so much. And yes, I loved YMCA.

[@Mishn0]

It looks like the proper speed is about 60 rpm. I wonder if there's a way to make some sort of mechanical compensator that would adjust the speed if you kept the crank moving at 60 to 65 rpm? Fact for the day: the spokes of the crank wheel are not curved only for aesthetics; they are curved so that the metal doesn't crack as the wheel cools after the iron is poured.

[@magicksilver4444]

Well thank you for that !Guess you teached me something today xD

[@kitingmare]

You mean a governor like on the self playing piano in the last video ?

[@evanc.1591]

It’s probably possible, but not really a feature that would take off. Only an apprentice would need it, but an apprentice wouldn’t be able to afford a feature like that.

[@magemagenmoinen3424]

I think that a weighted flywheel (like in MM1) and some sort of governor would make it. The weighted flywheel would smooth out the small changes in power, and the governor would be like a gearbox in car, it could change like 120 rpm to 60 rpm, or 50 rpm to 80 rpm.

[@raykent3211]

Interesting fact for the day! They were easily capable of making mechanical regulators that pretty much decouple the energy input from the tempo of the music. A simple example is energy input via bellows and a pneumatic regulator. The geezer pumping the church organ bellows didn't need to take any notice of the tempo of the music as long as they kept enough air coming. Here we also need rotary motion, which is also easy to do given a regulated air pressure (trivial). So I conclude that this is a poor design for the time. Sorry if that sounds grumpy, but there are better ones.

[@BlueSparkle]

Martin must be a very calm person (or brave). I almost jumped at 9:35 and it wasn't directly into my ear...

[@flexarnn]

0:00 This could be the start of a wonderfull meme

[@NitroNinja324]

flexxarnnn I imagine it's when something happens or someone appears unexpectedly. Kinda like Ro Be Continued or Omae Wa Mou.

[@worawatli8952]

Rickrolled by a Street Organ.

[@ZDVictim]

What a delightful video! Thank you for sharing this experience with us.

[@csoderberg5839]

of all songs they would pick to be played on an antique street organ, they pick YMCA.

[@ulmerulken]

Å, den är så vacker, ett verkligt praktexemplar som med sin ålder sett ett och annat i historien och blivit en del av den. Bra jobbat också.

[@ColonelK0rn1]

What an amazing machine! You guys have such cool museums over the pond.

[@wholock0001]

Young man, there's no need to feel down

[@faultedskink3074]

unusual song to play for such an instrument, but by far the best part is the drop, its so sweet from such a major build up

[@nonmater]

This is awesome! Informative and fun; great job as always Martin!

[@datblackdoge683]

i like the fact that even thou its not finished yet these guys give him deep insights into the organ. i would LOVE to visit this museum with my dogs and listen to the marble machine x one day :3

[@Maeglin7936]

Loved this! Thank you so much for sharing💖💖💖

[@Klovar]

This is my favorite Music Machine Monday video so far!

[@popenfresh]

That was fking cool. Thanks for sharing the awesome instrument experiences. Look forward to Monday's because of these videos. :D

[@Evaisa]

I love that these are still everywhere here in the netherlands, one was in the city here last week :D

[@Quninn]

De drie pruiken= The three wigs

[@1943L]

Yes it means that and is pronounced pruiken (sounds similar to prowken, rather than pruken) Been there and it is a very special museum.

[@kingkonkow]

You look a little tired mah man, plz take care of your health, we don’t want MM-X will be played by a zombie, again plz take care of your health. 😊

[@HellYeahCorp]

My guess is that they took a few days to film all these Speelklok specials and that he isn't flying back and forth to do every individual video. My point being that what you see here is probably a few weeks in the past.

[@lightdark00]

It just seems like a lot of work for him compared to the guy at the museum. If he was more used to some hard work he would have looked less strained.

Martin always looks lethargic. Whether or not that's because he is is up in the air.

[@nedglitch6137]

This is one of my favorite songs I've ever heard for some reason

[@buddyclem7328]

Wintergatan I think the perfect way to keep a steady tempo on the MMX would be to pedal it like a bicycle, leaving your hands free for instruments or expressing yourself. Awesome video Martin! I enjoyed the machine and the music choice. The only thing that could have been better, is if "the three wigs" figurines could have spelled out Y.M.C.A. 😄

[@lanciferian]

There's something magical about these old decorated street organs. Can you imagine being around in the time when this was originally made, and just seeing someone play this on the street?

[@LauraLiria]

I´m argentinian and it was such a HUGE suprise to hear "Adiós Nonino" by the great Piazzola played on an organ!! Major feels :)

[@PeterMackett]

I have done this many times and it takes a bit of practice but once you get used to it you can do several books without too much trouble,you can speed up and slow down if you want to as long as you keep the wheel turning to keep the air in the organ and it leaves me out of breath too!

[@Gammija]

oooh i love street organs, nice to see one on here too!

[@raptorofaxys]

What an awesome, uplifting video. Thanks for making this! :D I really would like to visit that museum one day.

[@jeopardy60611]

I am a keyboard player and have done some recording with MIDI synths. I find it so fascinating that this organ existed long before computers and MIDI were a thing. I gather that there was a time that there were no electric motors, so that is why someone had to turn the wheel to feed the book through the organ.

[@yggsten]

This is great,, keep up the good work..

[@loddude5706]

Hi Martin, that looked fun & now that you've had a go, how many hamsters do you estimate would it take to run that thing?

[@EvgeniyNeutralMusician]

Brilliant instrument! And when I heard composition I was like, holy shit, so great! xD

[@thewisewolf768]

Idk why, but I love that Joost guy. I want to give him a hug.

[@trumpsahead]

Wow, I watched every organ grinder and piano roll available. Very interesting. Always loved the piano roll players since I was a kid.

[@Jesses001]

A great way to get your cardio up, ha. Actually looks like something I would like to do. When I was a machine operator, I loved it when I got in sync with the machines. It was like dancing. This machine is all about getting in sync.

[@BenjaminEllenberger]

That is an absolutely hilarious video! Thanks for that!

[@AEJBredesen]

"I'm Connor, the android sent by the Speelklok Museum."

[@chriswillow9698]

I remember these . They were going out as I was growing up ! You know I think there is one of these in my home town in Australia somewhere ! Not sure but remember someone saying there was one derelict!

[@joeltortarolo1534]

Thanks for this video! Thanks por play Adiós Nonino on this mechanical box! I’m from Argentina!

[@_kariope]

beautiful music was pushing with you the wheel! :) you seemed tired this day and you'd got to make intensive exercise!! delicious moment and amazing piece of art

[@meticulousgeek]

Thanks to this video I gained even more respect for organ grinders (and not those guys who just use a motor). Also, amazing staccato on this one.

[@seanferney3621]

thats so awesome ! and good job with the organ wheel thing!

[@BrazenSolar]

Thanks for this video series. It's just so nice and cool to learn about these. I'm going to make my own DIY (small in range and actual size) music box, I think.

[@mordinkainen1844]

what a fantastic machine! Thank you.

[@XogeiD]

This guide is really excited, i like him.

[@lucasdeconninck1232]

Omg that guide is so cute! I mean... Impressive instrument, funny choice of songs! 😜

[@fivzzzz]

This YMCA version is amazing please record the full piece and release it, it would be amazing

[@bz3308]

I love the music mashine Mondays and how you put the focus on the musical aspect in the video. But what im missing is the technical component. I would like to see how the mashine works, like you showed us in your first Video of music mashine Mondays. With the three violins wich were played by the mashine.