The best Dulcitone playing I've ever heard.

@VintageKeysStudio

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

With those glasses, I thought you were going to teach the virtues of the New Standard Tuning and Ovation guitars.

The sound of ghosts: such a beautiful, yet melancholic device

Can (also) imagine some fairytale Christmas tunes played on this neat piano. Never seen such acoustic tuning fork instruments before, thank you for this presentation including the live play! All the best :-)!

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Wait for our Christmas special!! Thanks for your support as always, Curtis.

It's gonna look and sound great when it's restored.

Every day that you post a video is a red-letter day. ❤

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

I love you x

I'm not sure how interested I really am in vintage keyboards, but I feel like I have just met a new friend, so I have subscribed!

@VintageKeysStudio

12 күн бұрын

Ahh thank you! Welcome aboard! :)

I have one of these too. Picked it up for £50!

Hello Steve, that Dulcitone keyboard has such a beautiful sound and also represents musical history !!

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jesus!

Wow ! Amazing and beautiful!

@louisarevolta

9 ай бұрын

Yes, he is rather

“Sweet child of mine” never sounded better 😊

Hi Steve, Very nice sounding "dogs coffin" you've got there, luckily it still got it's four legs to stand upon ! ! ! 🐶

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Woof x

@aadbehage6095

9 ай бұрын

@@VintageKeysStudio Passed away, probably years ago.....😢

Love that sound Steve.. As a 62 yr old Git. i definateley remember hearing those tones from The Flowerpot men and Andy Pandy great stuff as usuall.

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you @JAY61ish! :)

Yet another great video. As an occasional collector of old things, I wonder if vintage keys studio has a distinctive smell. Dust toasting on hot valves .... no 'odour de plastic'

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Oh yes. It smells of musty old bakerlite, warm steel, slightly scorched wood and geography teacher elbow patches. I’ve made pot pourri by fermenting old used components in a hessian bag inside a drawer. Zero wastage here at VKS.

@massimomarchesin8708

2 ай бұрын

Sembra la CELESTA!!!!!!!

I would love one of these, it sounds divine!

this is magical

The original Norman Petty studio (Nor-Va-Jak Music Inc.) in Clovis New Mexico is a marvelous treat to visit! A true time machine. It would be very peculiar If anyone found themselves in Clovis, but if one were to pass that way be sure to make an appointment and visit the studio! By the way Clovis is also known as the “only hole above ground”… So one shouldn’t miss that! 😂 (Just kidding Clovis 😉)

I would just like to state that I am far too young to recognise the Camberwick Green intro' you played at the beginning .

Incredible! I have been wondering for the longest time if this type of instrument existed.

Cheers Margary Galeforce, its always nice to hear of where these lovely instruments have been used in popular music and by whom too! Incidentally, wots that sitting on top of the Yamaha behind you, (Oh no it isn't) ? Did wonder if you might venture into vintage synths?

This is beautiful! I don't even know where I would start looking for something like this, or even a Celesta.

Marvellous instrument. I'm quite envious! I wonder if any of these ever made it to North America or continental Europe in their heyday. I've heard that they were popular with missionaries, so probably a lot instruments have been lost due to harsh climate conditions or the falling apart of the empire ;)

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Yes, they wouldn’t fair well in the heat 🐘

@philgray1023

Ай бұрын

​@@VintageKeysStudio I have one in Australia. It was in a shipping container that was dropped 30 feet into the Brisbane River. It sat inside the container half full of sea water in 38° C. It broke a leg and the main beam. Otherwise it still looks perfect. Luckily the keyboard mechanism is fine. It is a mahogany model and was signed inside by Thomas himself. I will check the number and update this. It will play again.

Super! I wonder if anyone's fitted pickups to one of these?

omg it's a baby rhodes i love it *squee*

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

It certainly doesn’t feel like a baby one when I try to lift it #hernia

@russellzauner

9 ай бұрын

@@VintageKeysStudio That's because they had to leave the mass in the sound board. I wish I had an "analog" mode on the Rhodes where it would actually be that loud because I love the acoustic sound of it. This has much stronger and purer tones, for sure...imagine a piano tuner pulls up to your house and wheels a Dulcitone in because it has all the tuning forks lol

Great intro 😄

Thanks again for doing these videos! What a great archive. Do you ever record sample packs of these interesting instruments?

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for tuning in! We are currently looking into creating our own sample packs.

Great video, thanks... Still bothers me that I saw a Dulcitone in a charity shop priced at £40... but I didn't have that much money at the time 😢 I'll just have to make do with my old PPG to make tinkling bell sounds 😆

It's surprisingly open, a lot of space above the tines, behind the keyboard. Just a thought, but that space really lends itself to experimenting with pickups, without changing the original. Roll your own, but you can buy Chinese guitar /Bass pickups for silly money, esp. in bulk - build an array on something you can easily remove. A plethora of routing and phase options, before you even get to an amp. One off, unique electric piano, without (significantly) effecting the sound of the acoustic instrument.

@VintageKeysStudio

6 ай бұрын

Great idea! It’s added to the list of projects! Thank you! :)

Glad you got one, what a story. did the store owner not know of this instrument? It like an acoutic rhodes, but ofcourse not an rhodes sound :P However please run in through an amp with some tremelo just for the sake of it. im so curious :D Hope you can do some nice restoration of it. Its so unique

@thinkingshobe

7 ай бұрын

I own a Rhodes and when it's not amplified it sounds very close to this! The tone is a little bit different but you could definitely consider the Dulcitone an "acoustic Rhodes."

Sweet was the song by Christopher Brown (Celesta/Piano Part) would sound great on this

Basically an acoustic Fender Rhodes!

Jesus! "Sweet Child O' Mine" (stupid "O'"!) sounded fucking great.

A delightful sound. BTW permanent marker can be easily removed by - of all things ! - suntan lotion. I have no idea how I know this but it worked perfectly for me. I guess caution should be used when using it on ivory rather than plastic...

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip! We’ll give it a go (after a careful patch test)

The Rhodes Electric Piano is really an Electrified Version of the Dulcitone.

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood

Random unrelated question: Are you using those LEAK amp's as pre-amps? I got one of those! Early germanium transistor hi-fi stuff am i right? Always wondered how it would sound as mic pre. Thanks man awesome vid's! Cheers

@VintageKeysStudio

5 ай бұрын

Ahh these ones are valve amps, but yes they are being used as preamps and eqs - they sound very smooth and characterful

What are the two Leak units sitting next to the mixer? They look like Stereo 30 amps, but without the little knob and the headphone socket.. Funnily enough, I listened to this video's audio through a Leak Stereo 30 Plus. I did watch the visual portion of it too. I also have two Delta 70 amps in here. I love a good Leak!

@PetraKann

9 ай бұрын

30 amps? 70 amps? You running an TIG welder?

@jasontsh

9 ай бұрын

Yep! TIG, MIG, PIG, all the welders, all at the same time, all the time!@@PetraKann

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Oh yes I love a nice Leak too. These two are Leak Varislope Monos that I have modified as outboard eqs.

@jasontsh

9 ай бұрын

@@VintageKeysStudio Interesting! I'd love to hear what they do sometime.

Was that the theme from camberwick green you played at the beginning.

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Yes!

@kentaccordionist

9 ай бұрын

@@VintageKeysStudio been playing that tune for years on accordion, synths lots of things. Thought I was the only one who remembered it.

I like your hairstyle and eyeglasses.

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Why thank you! :)

Is the missing key replaceable? I know old ivory keys are out there in the wild but would they fit?

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Ivorite or a modern equivalent is a good synthetic match. Or as you said, one could be made to fit from some salvage. We have a very talented furniture restorer who helps us out sometimes.

Is this tuned to A440? or something different? Sounds lovely.

@VintageKeysStudio

12 күн бұрын

Slightly flat I think - i compensate recording it using varispeed rather than mess with it too much as it sounds nice as it is

Were the microfones you used Oktava's?

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Yes MK012s with omni capsules :)

How difficult would it be to get production plans for a dulcitone and begin manufacturing them?

@VintageKeysStudio

4 ай бұрын

I would imagine very costly to do!

I hope you picked up that little bit of ivory that flew off when you removed the keybed!😂

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Yes! it was a bit of black painted wood from the side where one of the screws goes in

go on then, give us a glissando then

Yummy

Cif will get rid of the pen-marks.

@VintageKeysStudio

9 ай бұрын

Cifillis? Thanks for the tip!

A pretty sweet instrument, very musical. Your recording is clipping. Thanks though!

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