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.
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
@@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
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 TH-cam also has some interesting, albeit silly, ideas.
@@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.
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
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 !
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
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..
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.
@@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.
@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
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!
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?
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 !
@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!
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.
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,
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..
@rocketrelics Good to hear from you, rocketrelics! I continue to enjoy your videos as well. I also have a few discs that release those annoying pops during play. Have yet to find a good remedy for that as the steel has usually been stretched to the point where nothing seems to help. Thanks for the nice comments.
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
one can only stand in awe of the people who built these things and the skill that went into the making of the machine
*glares at Marble Machine X by Wintergatan*
True words said...
It truly is marvelous how the Muggles got along without magic.
@@FFXZeldagames Some Potterhead problems...
@@FFXZeldagames
Yeah an RPG to the face can kill literally anyone.
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.
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
I agree with you.
Imagina building a french chateau just to house this incredible piece of engineering history and piece of art
I absolutely love ur description
Musical boxes are magical, but also a bit sad. It's like "canned" emotions. Crystal clear and vibrant, but strangely lifeless.
I could not agree more. I think it shows you that music does not really come from the musical instrument, but somewhere else.
*deep
@@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
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 TH-cam also has some interesting, albeit silly, ideas.
Like marriage 🤣😢☹️
knowing the fact that its from 1905, it's just mesmerising
It is older than Titanic
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.
Thats pretty recent
and i just know it today.
@@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.
The technical ingenuity of our forefathers never ceases to amaze me.
Upscaling a music box?
Working with what they have, and over time.
@ur door lame You sound like a moronic redditor.
@ur door lame Do I sound salty or do I taste salty? Maybe you should post another unfunny immense at r/politicalhumour
@ur door lame why does that matter lol
The algorithm has, once again, gathered all of us
Do you know what being redundant is?
@@dickrichard626 what was so redundantly redudant?
lmao
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Nah band teacher
that sounds so magical..
Me also
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
"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."
The irony is that the music box is what seems really magical today, not our phones or computers.
As an early Gen X i think we vastly underestimate the engineering of what came before us, I am in tears and speechless.
In tears 💀
I don't know what I was expecting it to sound like but that was not it. absolutely love how it sounds though.
You were expecting maybe Schubert's Ave Maria. This one is by a different composer, named Gounod.
My great-grandmother had one of these in her house when I was growing up. Wonderful memories.
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 !
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
Thank you for the good quality audio recording.
imagine this playing Christmas music
kristian I would sleep with this song by the fire place
Ikr
Ugh...
Beats Mariah Carey Christmas any day.
Problay my favourite version on this instrument
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The Mira and the Stella give the nicest sounds as far as I can hear... breathtaking.
This is a soundtrack of a dream *___*
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..
I was expecting the one by Schubert, but this is good too
That is the power of Music, it makes men create ingenious machines just to listen to it. Absolutely Amazing.
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.
Great music, music of a dream.....
It's absolutely stunning. I especially love the echoing effect of the fading note phrases. Incredible.
This song is like a travel to magical land. I love it thank you for sharing !
What a beautiful piece of musical technologies. Absolutely wonderful
bro is this physical midi???
cos holy shit that's cool
Then you should check music paper piano.
@@helmetedautistic8647 what i was gonna say lmao
@@helmetedautistic8647 what is that? tried looking it up
@@SDrizzy a player piano is a piano that plays itself using paper rolls with music encoded in them.
@@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.
@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
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!
This is pure "Magic" Thanks for posting this !
An absolutely gorgeous piece that comes to life in this state of the art music box. Bravo!
and here I am listening to this on a Holy Monday evening.
Ave Maria
Beautiful, imagine listening to that beauty in 1905
WHY THIS DOES NOT HAVE MILLION VIEWS??? ITS AWESOME!!!!!
hard to count how many times in the last few months i've listened to this...thank you so much for the upload
Commenting to get you to listen to it again after 6 years
wow thanks for sharing that with us, so amazing and dreamy... I love it
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?
C'est magnifique infiniment tendrement splendide Pure merveille crème de bonheur plaisir des Oreilles rythme émotionnel. joliment Merci
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 !
........wow .......best song ever !
I have always had a fascination with musical boxes and this type really is AMAZING!
music boxes always sound so nostalgic
I love "music boxes" and always wanted to own one such as this one! Thanks for sharing this one and keep them coming.
ive loved music boxes all my life man
Un son magnifique avec une telle machine.
Second most beautiful sound in the world, right behind the laughter of a baby. 🥰
Simplesmente expetacular, lindo demais. Um gênio quem desenvolveu esses dispositivos.
Yes! It's enjoyed me a lot! Thanks and greetings from Argentina!🇦🇷
This will give me sweet dreams tonight
Fascinating.
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!
Is still just soo wonderful ! Thank you
Absolutely fantastic lovely quality
Its Just a wonderful invention!!!,Is so beautiful that I only can enjoy and smile❤❤❤❤
Amazing piece of arts
Wow! What a privilege to hear this.
TH-cam in 2021: Look at this, dude!!
so hypnotic! to listen to and see it go around!
A 2 minute trip to heaven... So amazing... Thanks for posting this video!
No me imaginaba que de un disco tan rudimentario podría salir una música tan bella.
This piece.. This... THIS is ART!
still very special and magical ... thank you
Just astounding! I have never seen or heard anything like that!
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.
Seems this playing gets better every time I hear it. Thank you, again.
@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!
just so beautiful,,,,, thank you forever !!!
Thank you so much for sharing I have enjoyed all the discs.
Absolutely beautiful
So beautiful!
Breathtakingly beautiful sound! Thank you for posting.
Wonderous! Heavenly...
What an amazing piece of invention!
literally the first design of musical records
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.
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,
victorian music boxes are my favorite
Beautiful.
I thank you for showing us this beautiful piece.
Wunderschön ... Augen schließen und genießen.
So Beautiful
Bellísimo!! ave María
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..
VERY NICE TO HEAR SOME THING SO AWESOME
This sounds so twinkly, it’s magical 🥺
@rocketrelics Good to hear from you, rocketrelics! I continue to enjoy your videos as well. I also have a few discs that release those annoying pops during play. Have yet to find a good remedy for that as the steel has usually been stretched to the point where nothing seems to help. Thanks for the nice comments.
Thank you for sharing i am so glad that i found you ❤
Wow, beautiful sound!
always , always ,, soo wonderful...
dat is one fancy music box ( = w = )
( 0` w ´0) Cat?
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Blue Phantom Wolf
Oh my fucjing god I couldn't handle the *CRINGE*
Yup 👌
@@bluephantomwolf976
Meow (ΦωΦ)
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Thank you, kind sir. Lovely. 🌈
Someone tell me that I'm not the only one who found this in my recommended 10 years after they posted this
You’re not the only one who found this in your recommended 10 years after they posted this
Looking at the dozens/hundreds of comments posted only days before your's, I'd say no.
It's perfectly lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing I love the music ☺
@mayatatyana1 Thanks for the nice comments, Maya. Great to hear that you enjoyed this!
Beautiful clear sound.
Thank you for posting this wonderful video. Great audio too!
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
This was made in the 20th century, not the middle age.
😰AMAZING it makes me go back in time it is sweeet 😄
Absolutely Beautiful!
Stunning!
Very nice arrangement and wonderful sound. Thanks for sharing!
Amazing ... i love music box