Pak Idrus's Peti Nyanyi(Grammaphone)

Pak Idrus's Grammaphone
Originally uploaded by Adibi

A few days ago,I went Pak Idrus's house for Eidil Fitri visit and to see his Peti Nyanyi-the one you see on the right.The last time I heard the music from such a machine was when I was in primary school-back in the 60's.

Many I have seen before were those that people put for display-not working ones.But this one works fine and listening to it again after more than four decades was fantastic-one kind of a sound!.By the way,there is no volume control-as told to me by Pak Idrus. When I told Pok Ku of my visit,he told me that the sound from this Peti Nyanyi has no bass and the speed is either 78 or 33.3RPM.

Thank you very to Pak Idrus for his time to show me his precious antique grammaphone and his other collections.And also my thanks to his wife for a delicious mee goreng.

Note on the video: I used my Lumix TZ2 to capture the video.I thought it was not working after some time,so I moved the camera around to check it.That was why you saw the disturbance towards the end of the video clip.

Comments

[omecool20]

Wow, Pak Adib. You are very fortunate to have an opportunity to see and listen to it :) ..the sound must have been one of a kind. Truth to be told, I am missing the sound of vinyl. I think the sounds from these players are more 'raw' :)

[Pak Idrus]

Adib, Thanks for this posting.

It was indeed a pleasure of have you at our humble home that day. I did enjoy you company. The chat just would not stop. That's what happens when two blogger meet, they talk and talk and talk...

Have a nice day.

[aliff]

Never heard peti nyanyi being played before!Thanks Pak Adib for this post.

Hmm, how is it our plan to cycle the lake in front of Perdana Putra/Souq/Precint 8 and 9/mana-manalah, jadi tak?

[Adib]

Aliff,
You are most welcome.Btw,insyaallah jadi.I plan to do it next weekend-either 17 or 18th Oct subjected to our guide(sharin) is free.I will text you later.

[Honeytar]

Sungguh bertuah Pak Adib dpt kembali merasa waktu zaman muda remaja walau hanya sebentar cuma...
Adakah kaki juga turut menari mengikut irama samba? ;-)

[Adib]

Honeytar,
I was transported to the early 60's when i was in primary school at my kampung...not only the feet, but the body and the soul was rocking(I was sitting on Pak Idrus's rocking chair;-)