Hear London's iconic clock tower Big Ben tolling 10:30, 10:45, and 11am, as recorded on July 16, 1890 on an Edison Phonograph by Miss Ferguson and Graham Hope.
Compared to the recording of Queen Victoria, you can actually hear clearly that the bell was chiming, sadly you cant hear much of Vic on the other recording.
@@ijmr2005 the reason hers sounds so bad is because she destroyed the original cylinder as she didn’t like it. What we hear is a cast of the original cylinder
@@Greenpoloboy3 I do not think so. Many modern proper videos have way better quality. All they use is a Phone which is more of a Camera today in modern standards. The quality in this video is SUPER disgusting but makes sense as it's from 1890's almost
I believe he must've been inside that tower to ensure sound quality recording of those bells and those bells are indeed very endeafening up close. Awesome work and feels like time travel too hearing that recording from that time!
What I could make out from the beginning dialogue: "Big Ben, Westminster, London. Striking half past 10, a quarter to 11, and 11 o' clock. July the 16th, 1890. (Of course) made by Miss Ferguson and Graham Hope."
Chiming devices, hammers and bells are original ones from 1859. Chimes sounds weird, because this is recorded to wax cylinder and that devices cannot hold stable RPM, so the recording is getting slower and faster...
Robbie Edward's MASSIVE business SayersTMt They weren’t. They would lose several minutes of accuracy, in a week. Probably more. Weather is a nightmare for old mechanical clocks.
Robbie Edward's MASSIVE business SayersTMt there are exceptions. It doesn’t only depend on weather, either. Build quality, and materials used can also have an affect on timekeeping.
Graham Hope, the announcer, and Mary Helen Ferguson were both secretaries who worked for George Gouraud, Thomas Edison's agent in England. The two primarily did dictation from phonograph cylinders.
People complain about how nowadays everyone is obsessed with reordering everything, but look how hard people worked back in those days just to recorder a moment. This audio is fascinating for us because it has more than 100 years old, but for the man who recorded it was just another day of his life. The desire of recordering the history it's probably on our blood.
to hear this bell tho in its prime is so awesome knowing that its still the same bell that chimes to this day and other then the old recorder sounds it still sounds just as good as it did then
If you listen past the static, and the warble, (victorian era recording equipment wasn’t terrific.) you can hear that the bells sound better, as they were much newer. (40 years old instead of 160.) Years of use changes the pitch of bells, if you were to listen to a modern recording and this one, this one would have sounded better.
Though camera quality of phones and even sometimes direct recordings from high end devices replicate physical sound, listening to numerous videos of the bells ringing in recent past to this particular recording it's amazing right, the bells do in fact sound much newer and brighter!
I’m proud to be an electrical and electronics engineer, a member of the same industry that designed and invented one of the many reasons why this can be watched in 4K for example from the palm of someone’s hand.
If you listen to the ring of 'Big Ben' (which is the name given to the bell that rings the hours, not to the clock itself), you will note that the tone was different back then when compared to now. The reason for that is that the bell has in fact cracked from years of being pounded hourly and the note has changed. I think I like the new note better.
What a wonderful collection you have on your channel! I do hope you can add more of these exciting historical sounds!!! Thank you for sharing and taking care of history alive!
Big Ben Westminster London striking half past ten a quarter till eleven and eleven o clock July the sixtieth 1890 Of course Made by miss Ferguson and graham hope **chimes**
If only you could get rid of that warbling. Unfortunately the warbling is something would be in the recording itself and not what plays it back. Obviously the device used wasn't exactly precise but at least it got the noise.
The Restoration of Dr Who the warbling was something due to the way the cylinder was kept and the dust that got into the grooves and all the times it's been played
Hey kids! Today we're going to talk about descriptions. Read them. They have actual information. This was recorded in 1890. Not 1914. Not 2008, but 1890. I guess that could probably explain the weird sounds, but still, READ THEM.
This sounds very clear considering how old this is. Can you imagine life back then? No electrical conveniences either. These recordings were made from hand cranks and springs.
Imagine if you told the guy that in 2023 everyone would be carrying this recording around in their pocket everyday 📱 he wouldn’t have believed you. Although he was properly quite comfortable with the London Underground it had been already been running for 27 years, although of course not the size it is today.
It says “Big Ben, Westminister, London, Striking, Half Past 10, 10 O clock, Quarter to 11, and 11 o clock. July 16, Eighteen Hundred and Nintey. Recording by Miss Ferguson and Graham Hope”
for those wondering what this should sound like in better quality, i found this video of a news report on big ben and the bell audio is pitched down, it matches pretty close and sounds like this. czcams.com/video/nm0dNYvZlQQ/video.html
Graham hope said "Big ben Westminster london striking at half past ten a quarter to eleven and eleven O clock july 16,1890 of course made by miss ferguson and graham hope."
"Big ben, Westminster, London, strinking half past 10, a quarter to 11, and 11 o'clock, July 16 1890 (eighteen hundred and ninety), Recorded by Miss Ferguson, and Graham Hope."
110 years ago and the maker of the video didn’t even correct? The audio was recorded in 1890 making it 130 years. Learn simple math and you will succeed.
So someone enjoyed the spirit of the video, which was the intent, and then miscounted the years… big deal. All the technical info you need is in my disclaimer, and I’m happy to answer additional questions, but I don’t need to condescend when it’s not necessary. Although if you insist, 1890 was 131 years ago, not 130.
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That bell is so terrifying in this old audio quality.
MatrixPandaGamer its good ya know!
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Really? It's old? Man I thought today was 1899.. FUCK
MatrixPandaGamer_22 nah he just frying eggs
@@@zaaaaaaay2x Now I am bloody starving , all this talk of fried eggs .
1:05 begins the chime we all know and love
Tristan Baugh Too late boiz
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That is good quality for a wax cylinder
Yes, it is.
Villagernumber77 especially when the main tolls happen, it really captures the timbre and beneath the noise you can really hear it quite vividly
Compared to the recording of Queen Victoria, you can actually hear clearly that the bell was chiming, sadly you cant hear much of Vic on the other recording.
@@ijmr2005 the reason hers sounds so bad is because she destroyed the original cylinder as she didn’t like it. What we hear is a cast of the original cylinder
Why is the audio going up and down like this ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This recording is- woah. I can’t believe such a old recording exists. I wonder how it’s doing right now.
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It’s Almost Done With Repairs! Only 4 Or 3 Months Left! Hooray
@@channelsgoneandmoved4032 i completely forgot about this, but thats pogchamp
@@channelsgoneandmoved4032 Wut?
It’s in an archive. It’s not very impressive considering the first photo was taken 55 years before this recording
Every one in that picture is dead
London was industrial
Jack the ripper
Jacob and evie frye
But the Royal family live on
Jack the ripper was 1888 this was 1890
Looked this up because i was replaying Syndicate
Had to put the Assassins creed syndicate
No shit
127 years and 1 day ago was its anniversary
CrazySharkGaming oh hell I forgotten the Anniversary
129 years ago now
4 more days and it's gonna be 130 years old!
130 years now
130 years!
Better sound quality than many CZcams videos of today. Amazing recording!!
Can't tell if this is sarcasm.
@@Xenorvya No Sir it isn't . Some youtube videos are terrible quality!!
@@Greenpoloboy3 tbh, I agree
@@RageDasher_7751 :) thank you. Hence the expression "recorded with a toaster"
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I do not think so. Many modern proper videos have way better quality. All they use is a Phone which is more of a Camera today in modern standards. The quality in this video is SUPER disgusting but makes sense as it's from 1890's almost
I believe he must've been inside that tower to ensure sound quality recording of those bells and those bells are indeed very endeafening up close. Awesome work and feels like time travel too hearing that recording from that time!
What I could make out from the beginning dialogue: "Big Ben, Westminster, London. Striking half past 10, a quarter to 11, and 11 o' clock. July the 16th, 1890. (Of course) made by Miss Ferguson and Graham Hope."
Jose C. Pretty good catch
Enzo C. Your smart
Big brain
Did they have to fry eggs while recording?
Sebastian Simion yep
The background noise
Well yes. It was mandatory back then
No is the very very old film static from 1890
hahhaha
The weird chimes and echos were probably caused by how old this recording is...
I think it was also because the system that made it chime or those hammer like things weren't as new or precise as the modern day one.
Chiming devices, hammers and bells are original ones from 1859. Chimes sounds weird, because this is recorded to wax cylinder and that devices cannot hold stable RPM, so the recording is getting slower and faster...
Robbie Edward's MASSIVE business SayersTMt They weren’t. They would lose several minutes of accuracy, in a week. Probably more. Weather is a nightmare for old mechanical clocks.
Robbie Edward's MASSIVE business SayersTMt there are exceptions. It doesn’t only depend on weather, either. Build quality, and materials used can also have an affect on timekeeping.
RPM refers to the speed of the record, not the clock.
And here we are! 126 years later! I commented on this current day! July 16th, 2016!
actually its 156
oop that's when it was built never mind
Beta Then U lol
*127 years now
Now that recording is almost 130 years old, yet still sounds clear.
I am in awe and amazement that I am listening to something recorded in 1890,106 years before I was born!Wow just wow!
I'm watching this 128 years to the day after it was recorded
Graham Hope, the announcer, and Mary Helen Ferguson were both secretaries who worked for George Gouraud, Thomas Edison's agent in England. The two primarily did dictation from phonograph cylinders.
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Fabulous trivia! 👏
Here is a restored version of the recording, czcams.com/video/bOgtmNiqnKg/video.html
People complain about how nowadays everyone is obsessed with reordering everything, but look how hard people worked back in those days just to recorder a moment. This audio is fascinating for us because it has more than 100 years old, but for the man who recorded it was just another day of his life.
The desire of recordering the history it's probably on our blood.
to hear this bell tho in its prime is so awesome knowing that its still the same bell that chimes to this day and other then the old recorder sounds it still sounds just as good as it did then
If you listen past the static, and the warble, (victorian era recording equipment wasn’t terrific.) you can hear that the bells sound better, as they were much newer. (40 years old instead of 160.) Years of use changes the pitch of bells, if you were to listen to a modern recording and this one, this one would have sounded better.
Though camera quality of phones and even sometimes direct recordings from high end devices replicate physical sound, listening to numerous videos of the bells ringing in recent past to this particular recording it's amazing right, the bells do in fact sound much newer and brighter!
I’m proud to be an electrical and electronics engineer, a member of the same industry that designed and invented one of the many reasons why this can be watched in 4K for example from the palm of someone’s hand.
just hearing these old recordings gives me the shivers I don't know why it just sounds very scary to me LOL
Same. Probably for the fact that we are hearing a dead man speak
Listen to lofi musics, it wont shiver you to static noise anymore
130 now
@@suunflourrr2720 hahaha
It’s definitely because they found out how to record out a wax cylinder
If you listen to the ring of 'Big Ben' (which is the name given to the bell that rings the hours, not to the clock itself), you will note that the tone was different back then when compared to now. The reason for that is that the bell has in fact cracked from years of being pounded hourly and the note has changed. I think I like the new note better.
Jon-Sean Kempson Which new tone? This recording was when it was fairly new
The 'old' note was when the bell was first cast - the 'new' note is since the bell cracked, the note as it is now.
Jack the Ripper was doing his crimes at this time
That was two years before this recording but it still would have been fresh in everyone's minds
it was sometime in the 1830's
1888
holy shit i thought cringe
it was in 1888
I wish I could go back in time to see this
This is very amazing yet uncanny.
Wow it looks like Big Ben is very old
I agree but in 1890 technology was not so great than today…sorry 1890 :/
it was built in the 1850's
@@danielcarneiro5483 nel 1843
A week or two late. 127 years... and a late happy 158th to our good old friend, Elizabeth tower
The expression, "Put a sock in it!"( Sock in the Cone)
Comes from the fact that, early Phonograph "machines" Records Didn't have a volume knob .🍺😅
This is so cool how old it sounded
What a wonderful collection you have on your channel! I do hope you can add more of these exciting historical sounds!!! Thank you for sharing and taking care of history alive!
It’s cool to see how things have improved
i was born 114 years later after this recording
Big Ben Westminster London striking half past ten a quarter till eleven and eleven o clock July the sixtieth 1890
Of course Made by miss Ferguson and graham hope
**chimes**
If only you could get rid of that warbling. Unfortunately the warbling is something would be in the recording itself and not what plays it back. Obviously the device used wasn't exactly precise but at least it got the noise.
it's pretty good for 1890
Fair point, I can fairly make out what's being said, atmospheric by my admission!
What do you want stereo sound? It's 1890!
The Restoration of Dr Who the warbling was something due to the way the cylinder was kept and the dust that got into the grooves and all the times it's been played
For 1890 it's good
After listening to this, I don’t think I will be able to sleep ever again..
*sleeps after listening to this 15-20 times*
I think you will just have nightmares
@@misterzag2871 I just have normal dreams
@@nullname0 are we twins?
I'm not scared either!
@@TheHappyGabeShow we are not twins
0:53 The Westminster Chimes
1:05 Big Ben Strike
WOW!!
Hey kids! Today we're going to talk about descriptions. Read them. They have actual information. This was recorded in 1890. Not 1914. Not 2008, but 1890. I guess that could probably explain the weird sounds, but still, READ THEM.
That the 2nd oldest footage I've seen I love it.
Everyone who has spoken or was around to listen to this specific recording live is now dead..
even the newborns are.
This sounds very clear considering how old this is. Can you imagine life back then? No electrical conveniences either. These recordings were made from hand cranks and springs.
If you lsiten closley, you can failtly hear people and horses walking in the back ground
The only thing on that picture that still exists is The Big Ben and maybe some other few buildings and the road
Audio: hey guys do you want eggs and bacon? 🍳🥓
last year i got a 1890 6 pence from my grandad. its amazing to think that this is the England it was made in and the exact same year too!
Is there any other recordings like this, during this time?
Everyone: OMG THAT IS SOOOOO TERRIFYING
Me: it’s just grooves carved into was what is there to be afraid of...
Imagine if you told the guy that in 2023 everyone would be carrying this recording around in their pocket everyday 📱 he wouldn’t have believed you.
Although he was properly quite comfortable with the London Underground it had been already been running for 27 years, although of course not the size it is today.
I feel like due to the age of this recording now, the clock bells sound a bit weird
00:23 -00:31 Big Ben sounds great
0:53
About 15-25 years ago there were people who could’ve heard this live and still be around to tell you
Think about that
Although its mildly disturbing its really cool history.
Who is listening to this 131 years later?
Firewood popping while it’s burning
I don’t what’s scarier, the fact that I just heard a dead man talk, or that I’m listening to this at night
It says “Big Ben, Westminister, London, Striking, Half Past 10, 10 O clock, Quarter to 11, and 11 o clock. July 16, Eighteen Hundred and Nintey. Recording by Miss Ferguson and Graham Hope”
It's 2020 guy is reach 130 year since old record Big Ben chimes
for those wondering what this should sound like in better quality, i found this video of a news report on big ben and the bell audio is pitched down, it matches pretty close and sounds like this. czcams.com/video/nm0dNYvZlQQ/video.html
what is that Eerie Sound in the background that sounds kinda like a steam train chugging along?
You're hearing surface noise on the recording … it's tempo is the revolution of the wax cylinder.
Imagine seeing this in 2020
Are you referring to the picture or audio ?
I was born about 101 years, 9 months, and 21 days after this recording.
I was born 106 years and 24 days after this recording 😊
This was 89 years before I was born.
The fact that this is recorded in 1890, yet i almost understand this man's english.
Do you reckon the man who is talking at the beginning is now deceased?
well the recording must've been made when he was still alive
Lol
Nah, he's still walking around.
yeah he's probably watching this video saying holy fucking shit that's what I sound like
Na he just chilling, sleeping
and now it will not be ring for 4 years
Yeah 157 years
Work on your grammer
1:05 the start of big bens chime we all know in love ❤
Big Ben Hit A New Record For Surviving 162 Years
My gosh that Big Ben bell is soooooo terrifying and old
You know, when you look past the disoriented sound, it actually sounds better when it was still new
SOMEONE COMPARISON SOUND IN 1890 VS 1945 VS 2000 VS 2017
Graham hope said "Big ben Westminster london striking at half past ten a quarter to eleven and eleven O clock july 16,1890 of course made by miss ferguson and graham hope."
"Big ben, Westminster, London, strinking half past 10, a quarter to 11, and 11 o'clock, July 16 1890 (eighteen hundred and ninety), Recorded by Miss Ferguson, and Graham Hope."
It was 130 years ago today.
Yup
Its july 16 1890 in 0:09
129 years later, we are here
dang the quality, i only understood 11 AM😻
r.i.p bongs July/16/ 1890- ????/??/2017
Paul e Ringo no its 2018
No it's July 11, 1859 - August 21, 2017 But they will be alive again in 2021
Don't worry it's just getting some repairs, for 4 years... ._.
The bongs are still played for special occasions.
Sound in 1890s sounded really old
and almost like hearing a ghost talk.
Big Ben bell sounds like a steel bell
quarter to ele ELEVEN O CLOCK!!
Lol🤣
Good work, sir.🇬🇧
What a lovely old Recording
That clock survived WW2 being shot bombed burned... and yet that clock kept going
And yet it’s still here today ☺️
131 years later
Beautiful then and Beautiful now. Big Ben holds a special place in my heart
Now, picture an old, creepy rule britannia recording and british soldiers. then think of the British Empire. I suddenly feel proud to be british.
WAS THIS RECORDED IN ABBEY ROAD
It’s like when you are frying big ben
This was recorded 128 years ago today
130 years and a month
Wow no wonder the audio is so bad, they were trying eggs in the background which made it sound like it's from I dunno 1890
130 years ago, meaning it would have only been about 20-30 years old at the time, in archaeological terms that's young
this was 129 years ago. but 4 more days it's gonna become 130 years old as this was recorded 16 July 2020
Yep That Empire Is Great Britain And Can Sound Like Old Thing
Did it say 1901 on the title it says 1890!
Thats from a long time ago!
Bro today is the day that it struck like 110 years ago
May there be many more years
110 years ago and the maker of the video didn’t even correct? The audio was recorded in 1890 making it 130 years. Learn simple math and you will succeed.
So someone enjoyed the spirit of the video, which was the intent, and then miscounted the years… big deal. All the technical info you need is in my disclaimer, and I’m happy to answer additional questions, but I don’t need to condescend when it’s not necessary. Although if you insist, 1890 was 131 years ago, not 130.
*BIG BeEN Wes-mins-terLondon*
Who was the announcer on that cylinder, & who was Miss Ferguson?
Omg big ben first bell
The sound in background makes it sound creepy
It’s 2020!
This is in assassin's Creed syndicate game
dude… THAT WAS CREEPY!