YouTube Video Clips
There's a pile of short video clips you can view at YouTube here : http://www.youtube.com/group/pianolasociety (cut n' paste the address into you web-browser address bar) Why not add a few clips of you own! Adam 8)

Schubert Sonata on Youtube
After wittering on about Schubert sonatas, I thought I would have a go at a (very) short video of the only standard Themodist roll I have from one of the later sonatas. It is a short part of the trio section of the third movement (minuet) of D894 - recorded on the flash memory of my digital camera. Despite being played by me on my fairly ordinary piano (not tuned in at least a year and still not at concert pitch) it is still a beautiful piece of music. I have the lively final movement on a Hupfeld roll, which is also very nice. The URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k603aKKHmHk Cheers Neil

I've put a Duo-Art and 4 Aeolian player organ clips on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/pianolasociety and also stuck into the "group" there some of you guys videos also! http://www.youtube.com/group/pianolasociety Adam

Hooray Adam - Great stuff - you posted that Aeolian organ - I especially like the 'more' bit - but how about some Bach or Mendelssohn (yes - I really like Mendelssohn). I have an 88 note roll of The Wind played by Harold Bauer - I don't really like that either :? - perhaps I should put it out to swap :lol: My own effort - including me doing a Glenn Gould impersonation, but without the singing, is at:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgBTMskCPuk It is from a roll of variations 11-20 of the Goldberg variations - if anyone has a spare copy of the other (2?) rolls I would love to have them - especially the aria. Anyone fancy a hand played Alkan roll in exchange? Neil

love the Bach - I've put it in the Pianolasociety YouTube "group" along with some others. Here's a clip of a friend playing their Aeolian Orchestrelle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ13_cSl__Y

Thanks Adam - Bach is quite tricky as the tempo has to be strict - but not just played straight -Beethoven is much easier. Now that clip of the Orchestrelle is just fantastic - I would love one of them :)- just a shame it is so short. The sound is really subtle and totally convincing. Whats the difference between this one and the Aeolian organ on your last post - to me this sounds much better? How easy is it do adjust the tempo and what level of control can you get from the pedals? Is there any themeing system? Are restored ones affordable - and how big is this one compared to a pianola? The most important question is - wll my wife let allow me to fit one in our already overcrowded house? Seriously I am very impressed - more please. Neil

...and you can now see: Pretentions of Mechanical Music No.1 - Casella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SP22TU-6BQ Pretentions of Mechanical Music No.2 - Numpties http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpxOiMt20lc How to Crank Your Organ in Public http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZyliUxA8jA :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I was bored the other night and put these two together of sheet music and gramophone labels using existing old photos of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZDc4uH86L8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUhjwDlM7i8 click the "watch in high quality" link below the screen image for better picture!

And very enjoyable they are too Adam. Is it a special interest, just coincidence - or are there just a lot of sheet music covers with young ladies smoking or showing their breasts :) And what is the scary one with something in German about fairy kings and magic princesses? I was just reading about Gottschalk today - I didn't realise just how early he was, and what a sensation he created as composer and virtuoso. Apparently Chopin said he would be the king of pianists. Neil

it is indeed just coincidence there are a lot of pics with the things you mention - I don't have a particular "thing" for collecting those, nor anything against it for that matter! The scary looking one is a piece of Erich Korngold original german edition. Gottschalk is indeed a bit of a conundrum. Remembered only for a few flashy bits today, very very highly regarded in his day, main reputation not in Europe however so we tend to overlook him. In a book I have "Great Pianists and Violinists" from the 1880s he is ranked alongside Moscheles, Liszt and the like - there's a lot of work that's never heard today and a fair amount of substantial works which are considered lost now...