Item # 10-0225
Price: $19.95
In Stock Description:
The Zelinsky Collection: Antique, Coin-Operated, Automatic Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Recorded live inside The Musee Mecanique at the Historic Cliff House in San Francisco next to the famous Sutro Bath House.
Music Sample (mp3)
Tracks:
TENNESSE WALTZ
performed on the Seeburg style "K" Xylophone
SWEET SUE
performed on the Seeburg style "K" Flute Pipes
BOOTS & SADDLES
performed on the Nelson Wiggins
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
performed on the Wurlitzer style "B"
WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME
Performed on the National
STEAMBOAT RAG
performed on the Orchestrion "0" Roll
DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP
performed on the Seeburg style "C" Xylophone
LET IT RAIN
performed on the Seelurg "K.T. special
EVERYBODY STOMP
performed rfortned on the North Tonawanda
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
performed on the Auto Electric
LADY IN RED
performed on the Nelson Wiggins
GOOFUS
performed on the Seeburg style "K" Pipes
ROMANCE
Performed on the Cremona style "3"
LOVE'S FANCIES
performed on the Wurlitzer style "B"
I LIKE YOU BEST OF ALL
performed on the Seeburg "K.T. Special
LOVE LESS BLUES
performed on the North Tonawanda
LOG CABIN BLUES
performed on the Auto Electric
TEMPTATION RAG
perfZ? rd on the Orchestrion "0" Roll
LONELY AND BLUE
performed on the Seeburg "K.T. Special
I'VE GOT TO PASS YOUR ??E
performed on the National
MAKE THAT ENG0SJESTOP AT LOUISVILLE
Performed on the Cremona style "3"
PI NO ROLL BLUES
performed on the Seeburg style "K" Xylophone
MANHATTAN BEACH
performed on the Wurlitzer style "B"
TOP NOTCH
performed on the Seeburg style "C" Xylophone
SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY / SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
/ EAST SIDE WEST SIDE
performed on the Seeburg style "K" Pipes
DIZZY FINGERS
performed on the Seeburg style "K" Xylophone
LAUGHING SAL - THE FAT LADY
as herself
From CD cover:
I started my collection a be age of eleven, I entered a game of bingo during intermission at the Ellis Theater (on the comer of Ellis and Fillmore streets), and my number was called. I ran up on stage to spin the big wheel, and, believe it or not, I won the Grand Prize. A slot machine? No! A music box? No! I won five quarts of motor 01.
I carried the oil home and sold it to my piano teacher for 75 cents. Now, with the 75 cents in hand, I rode to Golden Gate Avenue, where at the time you could buy old slot machines, juke boxes and arcade machines. I found and bought for only 75 cents a penny skill game. One coin gives you five balls to test your skill on "The Whirl Wind." I put my pennies in it, and so did my parents and friends. Soon, I had enough money to buy more machines. I revisited that area many times buying more antique arcade games. I once bought a Charlie Fay "Liberty Bell" slot machine for twenty-five dollars and sold it for what I thought was a fantastic price of two hundred dollars. Last I heard they were worth 20-30 thousand dollars. But that's the way of the collector. It's always, "You should have done this, and you should have done that,"
When I returned from the service after World War 11, 1 again visited Golden Gate Avenue. In the basement of one of the warehouses were eight coin operated stereoptic drop card machines for sale. I bought them all and had them delivered These machines have been working in different locations of mine ever since and are now at the Cliff House.
In 1946, while learning the painting business at "D. Zelinsky and Son's" in San Francisco, I visited one of our job sites in Oakland, "The Mills Novelty Company." I couldn't help but notice a Seeburg Player Piano with a mandolin and xylophone. I asked if they would play it for me. As soon as it started, several mechanics gathered around to try to make it sound better. When I asked the manager if it was for sale, he said he would love to get it out of his shop, as it was costing the company so much money with his men trying to repair it. I bought it and had it delivered to my home. As I mentioned, it played poorly. I called several repair companies and asked them to come out and give no awn estimate to repair it. They came out. They admired the piano. They said, "It's beautiful. We haven't seen one of these in years." But they had no idea how long or how much it would cost to repair it. They did offer to fix it on a time and materials basis, so I decided to repair it myself.
I did not smoke at the time, but with a cigarette in hand I blew smoke through the different tubes, seeing where the tubes went by following the smoke. The cigarettes didn't last long enough, so I switched to cigars. After a few puffs I was too sick and dizzy to continue. A few days later, I started again, more slowly. I finally got the piano playing, and now it's at the Cliff House, first machine on the right by the front door. Now, I must admit, it has been rebuilt about three times since I acquired it, but it is still there, and it is still playing.
My son Dan has been working in the Musee Mechanique at the Cliff House since 1972. He is responsible for keeping all machines working and the doors open to the public every day.
Incidently, we have several coin-operated machines in our warehouse which we are working on and hope to have on public display at the Cliff House in the near future. We are always looking for other antique machines to add to our collection for everyone to enjoy.
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