Most of us remember the days when operating the family player piano gave us a good work out. Pumping those pedals gave us both exercise and music. Now here are some videos showing the ultimate "musical" exercise program. Enjoy...

 

 

You have heard of the "nickle" tour, well Joe gives us the $1.00 tour. In video 1, welcome to the wonderful world of the Fotoplayer by American.

 

Video 2 will give you a beautiful demonstration of how these machines sounded in the days of silent films.

Here's that video workout as promised.

The Little Rascals/ Our Gang

When I was growing up, I remember watching The Little Rascals on TV. I was always fond of their theme song, "The Good Old Days".  Here is a Wurlitzer 165/166 Band Organ playing Roll # 6846,  Hal Roach Movie Music, which starts out with the Rascals theme song. This band organ was built by Bruder Organ Works and converted by Wurlitzer in 1915 to a duplex roll operated system, serial number 4591.  These larger band organs originally used flat perforated cardboard, which folded neatly outside the rear of the instrument

A friend and fellow technician, Joe Appalucci, sent me this video of a piano technician's hand made tool case. This was on The New Yankee Workshop TV series. The workmanship on this project is inspiring to\ say the least. Feel free to comment...


http://www.wimp.com/toolchest/