The Typewriter Song

[@mikesoule1352]

In High School band, we played the "Typewriter Song". We had a girl from the typing class come in and played a real MANUAL typewriter--- remember those, Boomers? We played it in a concert and everything. That was over 50 years ago, and i had completely forgotten it until seeing this video! Thanks for the memory jog! BTW, i was the tuba section. 🖨️

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@mikesoule1352 That’s awesome, my family keeps an old Underwood typewriter on a bookshelf because I think it was my mom’s first.

[@dogwoodservicesinc.2972]

Great video! Brings back old memories to include band and typing class

[@dianaf1902]

The perfect song to wake up to

[@quadibloc2]

This is "The Typewriter" by Leroy Anderson.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@quadibloc2 As stated in the title.

[@ejb7969]

Not the composer's name, in anything visible to me. Just the title.

[@JimC]

@@ejb7969 It's not in the video title, but it's in the description. On a desktop, if you can't see it, click on "...more".

[@JontyTrain]

Brilliant, any chance you could add the ping to the Glock?

[@gregpetty7411]

Love it!

[@jgesselberty]

Amazing.

[@karlfischer1011]

Good job

[@1creeperbomb]

Haha I remember this song from animaniacs

[@TopperMIDI]

Ha, I love it!

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@TopperMIDI WOW! I didn’t expect you here!

[@danielmkubacki]

Cool!

[@jna9888]

That was great!! In trying to figure out; was the song written for this instrument, or other way around?; Well, the song has been around a long time, so... Thanks for posting this, very happy song, fun instrument, happy listener!

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@jna9888 Thank you! I arranged this version for the instrument! I appreciate people who don’t just assume things about this and actually take the time to ask.

[@zyxw2000]

When done with an orchestra, they use other things to make the sound effects, not the instruments in the video. If you search YT for "Anderson, The Typewriter," you can find a recording.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@ If my school band did an arrangement of this, it would probably have a woodblock and counter bell.

[@ataricom]

May I introduce you to the Boston Typewriter Orchestra

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

I looked it up and thought that was funny. Thank you for that!

[@thatpyrokid]

what the CLACK

[@jrzzrj]

👍

[@franciscomacias2097]

😮😮😮

[@robertgift]

Wonderful! Well done! Thank you. Pipes needs tuning but out-of-tune sounds more fun.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@robertgift The pipes are supposed to be tuned like that. The bourdons actually can’t be tuned as the slides are glued in place.

[@robertgift]

@ThatEverydayEnthusiast Thank you. I tune pipe organs. Glue keeps the tuning caps from slipping.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@ No, I mean it can’t move. Are you into mechanical music?

[@robertgift]

@ Two cheap plastic music boxes from thrift stores is the best I have attained. One uses many feet oflat folded paper pages playing 25? Christmyth carols and songs. Other has plastic disks whose holes cause little pawl wheels to pluck music box tines. An organist and carillonneur, I tune tracker (mechanical) and regular pipe organs.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@ These tuning slides are designed so moving them breaks the pipe as they’re tuned Celeste.

[@zyxw2000]

That's by Leroy Anderson. But this instrument doesn't sound much like a typewriter.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@zyxw2000 Good thing you seem to have functioning ears!

[@JimC]

I think the wood block was a pretty good substitute.

[@e-mananimates2274]

Is this something you built yourself?

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

Nope, this is an Alan Pell.

[@e-mananimates2274]

@ThatEverydayEnthusiast Ah, where did you get it? I imagine it wasn't cheap.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@ I unfortunately cannot disclose that info… but is is close to $5k

[@e-mananimates2274]

@ThatEverydayEnthusiast Good gravy! You certainly are favored very well to have at least that amount of money to spare for this machine! Hopefully, I'll be bale to get one for my own someday!

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@e-mananimates2274 Well, I can say this, I’m 13… and I only have 600 saved for an organ right now. I didn’t quite buy this… I made the first 158 dollars for singing outside at a Christmas walk for somewhat under an hour and a half. People say I have an angelic voice, but I don’t think so. The money speaks otherwise.