member of @staff, lapsed linguist and drummer, electronics hobbyist
zip's bf
no supervisor but ludd means the threads any good
In it a man is playing a song on a strange machine (a Wurlitzer?) which is a player piano that also mechanically plays some drums, but while the machine does its thing the operator is constantly ringing bells and pulling strings that play whistles and other strange things. The music is absurd circus music and the machine is installed in what appears to be the man's living room.
I've run across this video a few times but now I cannot find it. Can anyone help?
Truly a masterpiece. I could picture the video as soon as you talked about it! Glad you found it so I could experience it again :)
It's an American Fotoplayer, for providing the soundtrack to silent movies, and you'd better believe I have that saved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWVFEVWJMz8
There's also an I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson skit involving one "played" by the late Fred Willard:
