The thing that touches me about your videos is your relationship and the way you share these amazing adventures together. You're an inspiration to any couple. Thankyou. 💗
The vacuum cleaner I think is/was a floor sander. Looks like one anyway. Wow... an old player piano. Very Cool!! They are fun to work on. I've worked on several of them over the years. The big green board upstairs was from a train layout I'd be quite sure about. This is a really great place to see! On the right side of the layout it's greener and with the brown pieces on it, it was fencing for cattle or horses I bet. You can also see streets and old street light posts on it. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for another great explore!
The player piano should have foot peddles to play the paper w/holes ..they usually fold up inside bottom of piano...there also should be a little slider on top near the gears to stop and rewind paper..the serial # should be on a small metal bracket inside the top of piano...i had a player piano n had converted it to an electric one
I've worked on pianos, new, and old as well as the piano side of a player piano. Yes this is an old player piano. No it would not be worth anything if fixed up because you would spend way more fixing it up than it is worth. But they are fun to go through if you moved those boards on the bottom. I have found all kinds of interesting things inside pianos.
They’re like a giant music box Used to be in fun pizza joints Novelty places The wood in that place is worth a small fortune to the little house builders and restoration contractors
@@educatedgypsee2351 I was thinking the same thing. From the exterior and interior downstairs wood, plus the windows and doors, but that pine that was upstairs would be a fortune on its own. My boss, who owns his own business, recently paid $30,000 for the wood, from a small barn that was about to be torn down. It was only about 200 lbs total, so he could decorate a room in his house, and that pine is worth 20 times more: and that's still not to mention all of the bottles and jars that people collect and use for decoration. But with all of the people building off grid, and building their own RV's; you hit the nail on the head!
Michelob beer is la 60s. Love the aged wood walls upstairs!! Really beautiful! What.looks like weird art work looks to be a landscape for a model train set!!😁
Thankyou Lori! Do you remember the Mic commercial of the man being run over by a charging bull while sitting in ground zero with a bullfight in progress? That was a 1960's pre apollo mission to the moon ad. These kids are puzzled at anything pre microwave and that's stretching it.
You guys have a knack for finding interesting old places to explore. This place had real wood paneling upstairs instead of that fake junk that was popular in the 70’s. Also at 11:54 there was a pretty basket weave purse on the floor that I would love to have.
and also take this advice from a flooring installer... many of these places were abandonded mainly because they are all riddled with asbestos. wear masks to protect your selves.
I have told you both many times and continued to worry about you ... Masks Masks Masks Please Please Please........ I'm boring myself now Stay Safe... Please you two.... Xx
They've been advised of the potential timebomb they expose themselves to many many times.I still remember feeling immortal and invincable. The "New Centurians" will burn long before they rust.Time is short.Let them have their fun...
If they don't know a player piano, would they know the effects of asbestos on them? and this is coming from the people that truly care about them and want to watch more videos?
I couldn't believe it when he didn't know that was an old player piano lol. It might help them to look up some old things and when they run across them in an old house it should help them lots.
That’s an antique player piano. Amazing a scroll is still in place and in good shape. Looks like a general store that had a little of everything and living quarters above. Great explore! OMG that tiny bottle of Sanka (instant coffee). Love the old books. Love that place. I could spend hours there looking through everything.
Very cool. My grandfather owned a store like that. I was a baby in the sixties and we lived in the back. Our kitchen and living room was on the bottom floor and our bedrooms where upstairs. He went out to business in the late seventies because the old stores like that just couldn't keep up. Thanks for sharing
I'd love to live in a home built during the same time as this store, in a house with the same styling! Looks about like the Craftsman style bungalows I love, but the four panel doors and 2/2 sash windows look like what you would find in a house built during the first decade of the 20th century. Love the tin roof! Watching from Kinston North Carolina, nice work!
So much old, but cool stuff in there! But what throws me off a bit is near the beginning when you found the piano, there was an RCA television box sitting on top that looked to be at least 90s and there was also a bug deflector and it looks like one of the trucks on there is a 90s to early 2000s Chevy S-10 on it. So those are a few things that threw me off as to when this place could've truly been abandoned.
2:45 we had a tappan stove when I was a kid...it was a few years newer than this one....their motto was "supper aint gonna happen till you fire up that tappen"...…...lol..just kidding...I made that up....kinda catchy though aint it :)
Reminds me of the store you found so many years ago, when I first started watching you, I don't believe you were married yet. Maybe go back and see if that place is still there because it was a real treasure trove.
U really nailed it .the ghost town was magnificent.i loved where uthey washed clothes.we had a Rubboard to scrub clothes on.in the USA.we have mountains too.my son has taken his family to watch sun set right now in our mountains.what kind of trees grow there.?beautiful.thank you😗💕💕💕
Player piano and those bottles and jars and even dog food bags are really old. I remember the dog food bags from when I was a kid. So interesting and thank you for the share
After you saw those books on the floor and before you got to all the tires, there were stacks of newspapers. One caught my eye because it says 99.95. I stopped on it and zoomed in on it. It was advertising diamond rings saying for a Christmas surprise. The lowest was $99.95 all the way up to $329.95. Not sure how many carats. Wow. My Grandma drank Sanka back in the day. Great find and great video.
Neat old place. A lot of those products were still like that even in the 1970's & 80's. I saw a lot of stuff I remember and I was born in 1968. I always loved old general stores. Thanks for showing us this one.
There are some beautiful wooden doors in that first clip. I would love to have that player piano. Cool. I967 was a sad year for my family. My 14 year old brother was killed in a bicycle accident. Michelob! I drank quite a few in my teenage years. Thanks for this video. 🙂
Love this. Those beer bottles in my opinion are definitely 1960s. I sell antiques and love the old mouths and logos. One of my favorite explores so far. That Darth Vader car kinda blows the 60s estimate of abandonment so probably more like the eighties? Commenting as I watch hopefully I didn't miss the information. The RCA TV box right before you close the video is newer too. So curious how and why people leave stuff and when ugh I wanna know! 🤪
What a awesome fine love looking at the vintage items I think it would be cool if there was a old building set up like it did back in the day have a safe trip 😊
awesome find love the old antiques there those long boards are train layout tables for model railroads prettty neat place be safe and happy exploring seee you guys soon kim and that piano was a old nickleoden
Interesting house. I thought one of those coffee jars looked to have some papers in it. I would like a better look at the old books, but I know you didn't have much time.
Hi Rick & Bekah fascinating, you guys find the best places and you film real slow (nice) the piano is a pianola,,,the older one you have to peddle i have a collection of pianos new n very old pianos played by famous artists in one off concerts. witha pianola you can sit at the keyboard start up the pianola and for all the world it looks as though you are playing Chopin,,, or Liberace or Scott Joplin's ragtime,,,, as the pianola plays the keys operate as the tune is played quite eerie if in an empty room with an echo ok guys keep safe Ed Beverly Hills CA
This is going to be a "TMI" moment but I can pinpoint that Kotex box exactly to 1970. The "Sanka" coffee wasn't on the market that long and that was late 60s/early 70s.
Sanka coffee has been on the market since 1923 (97 years and counting) It is manufactured by Maxwell House a division of Kraft Foods. It was the first decaffeinated instant coffee and is still popular today. www.walmart.com/ip/Sanka-Instant-Coffee-Decaffeinated-8-oz-Jar/12018474
The piano looks to me like it's the kind that could play on it's own. That paper looking thing with the punch holes in it are the music itself, I believe, like a computer used to use punch cards to read, that is what that is like with the piano. Correct me if I'm wrong!! . My grandma used to call it "playin' pianer'' music" (I'm trying to give you the way she pronounced piano back in her day lol) she was born in 1902. I remember that jar of Sanka Coffee!!. My mom drank that every morning. Wow, I'm old!! OKay, thanks for sharing this find with us! Loved it as usual!! Peace and Love, Kim ~
I love the wood work inside. And I recognize A lot of the bottles and stuff from when I was a kid. The beer bottles weren't old they looked like twist tops.
I think this was a dry goods store from the turn of the century (1900) because of the spacious sales floor with all the shelving, and the family would have lived on the premises in the other part of the house. Then, eventually it became a resale/junk shop--which would account for all the odd pieces of mismatched furniture, framed pics, old books and games, and other junk. They might have continued to sell staples like coffee, pet food, bread, paint and basic hardware, too, before finally being abandoned when no longer lucrative for the family. In the sixties when I was a little girl, glass bottles were returned to stores for a refund of the "deposit" which was for the glass. These bottles were then picked up by the company whose logo was on them, sterilized, and reused. This might explain why so many glass bottles were collected. The interior wooden doors were very nice.
Cool explore. Never apologize for not going into an unsafe space. You are smart not to. NC is where I was born. A lot of people had small country stores in or near their houses. There were 4 within walking distance of my parents house one being my uncles who had MD and couldn't walk so they ran a small store connected to my grandparents house. Enjoyed this video stay safe
Hello Rick and Bekah - I enjoy your explorations and the wonderful things you discover along the way. Rick almost going through the flooring does however highlight how dangerous these trips can be. Here in Canada, we have many long-abandoned "prairie houses" in the Western Provinces and, they too, have been a tempting sight for more than a few people. A few years back, a gentleman was exploring one such house (alone) and fell right through the rotted first-floor into a basement about 10 feet below. He injured his leg and could not get out, and his calls for help went unheard (there were no other houses for miles around). It was early winter and it was only through the alertness of a policeman that likely saved this man's life. The policeman noticed an SUV parked on the road below and saw some foot-prints leading towards the ancient house. My point is that I would caution others from taking up the same hobby without considering the many risks. I do know that entering any abandoned property (in Canada) is illegal ("trespassing") unless granted permission by the owners or authorities in charge of such things - and it's highly unlikely such permission would ever be given. Best wishes to all!
It was an old player piano. Paper rolls put on. Yourfeet pumped peddles down below. That would make air come tbrough the holes in paper that played keys making a song. Wonderful things and refurbishable.
I hope that you both are safe and well. It was good to see you exploring again. I also hope that Bekah is alright. Because something was terribly wrong with her this day of videoing . I could see it in her face and responses. She has such a sweet personality and I truly hope she is okay. We'll wishes to you both. Ty for your content. Great find👍👍
I've been noticing this more recently in their videos. I wonder if she just doesn't enjoy doing the explores any longer? But regardless, I enjoyed the video a lot - thanks for sharing with us.
How can that be you never seen a piano like that and also back in the day they had a lot of stores that were connected to their house, mostly in small towns! It looked like a layout of the town! Those were old model cars from back in the day and don't sniff the glue!
That Piano with the gears and paper scroll is an antique Player piano, and worth a fortune if it is restored.!I am cringing that it was left abandoned.
What chaching mean?? Piano like old saloon lol..it's like old general store use to be in our town, owners never abandoned it,they retired. Building still stands today because changed ownership several times, original owners passed away!! Seeing old buildings like this reminded me of generous man treated us so good when we young when other people didn't, he give us piece candy when we walking to school. They lived in back of store. Just lil memory I had seeing this, thank you!!! Always wear masks in old houses!!
Player pianos can be played on the keyboard, or you use a music scroll. The person pumps 2 peddles alternately, and that advances the paper scroll across the wind pipe, while an air pump is also drawing air through the scroll. Holes in the wind pipe behind the scroll correspond to the keys, so it plays the keys automatically. My grandmother's house had one of these and I played it a lot as a kid. They would keep me occupied with it when I was bugging them!
Hard to say what it was originally as it was built onto so much. When I saw the player piano, my first thought was tavern. Looks like it was a country store where you could also eat, based on the stove with the hood. It might have had gas pumps at one time. I also thought it might have been used as a library based on the type of shelves and the reference shelf book that was in the box. It could have been all those things at one time or another. Wish I knew the history behind it. Nice explore.
Yep. Alot of that stuff in the beginning of your video would be from the 1960's. I recognize the products from then. I guess that would make me "really old" like the stuff! Lmao.
This was a unique find. Rick, you need to get a mask (and stop falling through the floor). That dust isn't good for your lungs. Enjoyed seeing you both.
Becka , you are shy. Don't be .. I only started watching this show because of how cool you are . I had to watch like 6 episodes just to see you . Anyway you're adorable. What's his name is a lucky guy.
The piano is a self playing piano. You can play the normal way or set it to play by itself. The paper with the holes in it would turn on a spindle and the holes would determine which key to play. Worth a lot of in good condition.
The thing that touches me about your videos is your relationship and the way you share these amazing adventures together. You're an inspiration to any couple.
Thankyou. 💗
I can't believe you did not know what the player piano was!
Hey. They’re not old people. 😂
I’m 12 and I know what it is.
Ah so that's what it's called
Maybe they are to young and never heard of them.
The vacuum cleaner I think is/was a floor sander. Looks like one anyway. Wow... an old player piano. Very Cool!! They are fun to work on. I've worked on several of them over the years. The big green board upstairs was from a train layout I'd be quite sure about. This is a really great place to see! On the right side of the layout it's greener and with the brown pieces on it, it was fencing for cattle or horses I bet. You can also see streets and old street light posts on it. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for another great explore!
I really enjoyed this. I had to laugh when you commented how old everything was and mentioned 1967. I got married in 1967. 😀😀
I know right I was born in 1966
I had to chuckle, I was born in 1962, lol!!
And I was born in 1965...lol
"Old", I was born in 1949!
The first half of the last century! LOL
I was in the jungles of VietNam in 1967!
I was 12 in 1967
It's a Player Piano! Haven't you ever watched some old Westerns?
That player piano would be worth quite a bit in working order.
couldn't find that much info on the net- If we had the serial # there would be
The player piano should have foot peddles to play the paper w/holes ..they usually fold up inside bottom of piano...there also should be a little slider on top near the gears to stop and rewind paper..the serial # should be on a small metal bracket inside the top of piano...i had a player piano n had converted it to an electric one
I've worked on pianos, new, and old as well as the piano side of a player piano. Yes this is an old player piano. No it would not be worth anything if fixed up because you would spend way more fixing it up than it is worth. But they are fun to go through if you moved those boards on the bottom. I have found all kinds of interesting things inside pianos.
They’re like a giant music box
Used to be in fun pizza joints
Novelty places
The wood in that place is worth a small fortune to the little house builders and restoration contractors
@@educatedgypsee2351 I was thinking the same thing. From the exterior and interior downstairs wood, plus the windows and doors, but that pine that was upstairs would be a fortune on its own. My boss, who owns his own business, recently paid $30,000 for the wood, from a small barn that was about to be torn down. It was only about 200 lbs total, so he could decorate a room in his house, and that pine is worth 20 times more: and that's still not to mention all of the bottles and jars that people collect and use for decoration. But with all of the people building off grid, and building their own RV's; you hit the nail on the head!
*I love those abandoned houses, I imagine how they would be when they were full of life ... greetings from Monterrey Mexico*
He apologizes for not falling 6 feet into the basement, lol. Nice young man. Bekah looks tired. She needs a vacation. You two are priceless.
Michelob beer is la 60s. Love the aged wood walls upstairs!! Really beautiful! What.looks like weird art work looks to be a landscape for a model train set!!😁
Thankyou Lori! Do you remember the Mic commercial of the man being run over by a charging bull while sitting in ground zero with a bullfight in progress? That was a 1960's pre apollo mission to the moon ad. These kids are puzzled at anything pre microwave and that's stretching it.
Reminds me of a country store, they probably lived in some part of the house. Enjoyed the video. Some treasurer's left behind
You guys have a knack for finding interesting old places to explore. This place had real wood paneling upstairs instead of that fake junk that was popular in the 70’s. Also at 11:54 there was a pretty basket weave purse on the floor that I would love to have.
and also take this advice from a flooring installer... many of these places were abandonded mainly because they are all riddled with asbestos. wear masks to protect your selves.
I have told you both many times and continued to worry about you ...
Masks Masks Masks
Please Please Please........
I'm boring myself now
Stay Safe... Please you two....
Xx
They've been advised of the potential timebomb they expose themselves to many many times.I still remember feeling immortal and invincable. The "New Centurians" will burn long before they rust.Time is short.Let them have their fun...
If they don't know a player piano, would they know the effects of asbestos on them? and this is coming from the people that truly care about them and want to watch more videos?
I couldn't believe it when he didn't know that was an old player piano lol. It might help them to look up some old things and when they run across them in an old house it should help them lots.
That’s an antique player piano. Amazing a scroll is still in place and in good shape. Looks like a general store that had a little of everything and living quarters above. Great explore! OMG that tiny bottle of Sanka (instant coffee). Love the old books. Love that place. I could spend hours there looking through everything.
Very cool. My grandfather owned a store like that. I was a baby in the sixties and we lived in the back. Our kitchen and living room was on the bottom floor and our bedrooms where upstairs. He went out to business in the late seventies because the old stores like that just couldn't keep up. Thanks for sharing
The wood is beautiful. It would be worth saving.
I'd love to live in a home built during the same time as this store, in a house with the same styling! Looks about like the Craftsman style bungalows I love, but the four panel doors and 2/2 sash windows look like what you would find in a house built during the first decade of the 20th century. Love the tin roof! Watching from Kinston North Carolina, nice work!
As old as that place is there is not one single leak from the roof that I could tell
So much old, but cool stuff in there! But what throws me off a bit is near the beginning when you found the piano, there was an RCA television box sitting on top that looked to be at least 90s and there was also a bug deflector and it looks like one of the trucks on there is a 90s to early 2000s Chevy S-10 on it. So those are a few things that threw me off as to when this place could've truly been abandoned.
I think that was a store also. Maybe back in the day when the store was in one part of the house?? Great video, been missing y’all!!!
Great video as always, enjoyed seeing all of the vintage items . I can't believe someone left that piano behind.
Thank you for Sharing.
Love looking at old stuff- the player piano intrigued me thanks for the video👍😎☮❤
2:45 we had a tappan stove when I was a kid...it was a few years newer than this one....their motto was "supper aint gonna happen till you fire up that tappen"...…...lol..just kidding...I made that up....kinda catchy though aint it :)
Thanks for sharing that was a cute moto.😁
Why did the little boy salute the stove?
Because it was General Electric !
Very good 👍 buddy 👌👏👌👍 you all are super awesome people thanks for the video ✌️😊
Reminds me of the store you found so many years ago, when I first started watching you, I don't believe you were married yet. Maybe go back and see if that place is still there because it was a real treasure trove.
Awesome find! Glad you took the time to share. Loving the content! Be safe Rick & Bekah👍👍
U really nailed it .the ghost town was magnificent.i loved where uthey washed clothes.we had a Rubboard to scrub clothes on.in the USA.we have mountains too.my son has taken his family to watch sun set right now in our mountains.what kind of trees grow there.?beautiful.thank you😗💕💕💕
Hey Rick and Becca,
Your in my State .♥️♥️👍😊that's a player piano
You guys do a fine job capturing history 👍☮️
Player piano and those bottles and jars and even dog food bags are really old. I remember the dog food bags from when I was a kid. So interesting and thank you for the share
After you saw those books on the floor and before you got to all the tires, there were stacks of newspapers. One caught my eye because it says 99.95. I stopped on it and zoomed in on it. It was advertising diamond rings saying for a Christmas surprise. The lowest was $99.95 all the way up to $329.95. Not sure how many carats. Wow. My Grandma drank Sanka back in the day. Great find and great video.
Rick, those two panels you were looking at seemed like a scale model of someplace.
Thanks for the new videos on CZcams!
Awesome old find with many treasures inside for sure, ty for sharing this 👍😆...
That six pack of Michelob was from the 80s that was the 80s version of their bottles I drink a lot of them.
70s
There's so many really awesome abandoned places here in NC. Hope you guys enjoyed ur time in the Tar heel state. Great explore! Thanks
I love the old player piano. The slotted paper roll was the computer of the day! Lol
I remember the A&P coffee too...
I love it! Thanks. Haven't seen y'all in a long time.
Love the store house....the player piano really cool...great find in NC ❤
Keep safe Rick and Becca
It has an interesting structure, thanks for showing us around. Thumbed up.
Thanks for the tour, we're still in quarantine, so these videos help a lot.
Neat old place. A lot of those products were still like that even in the 1970's & 80's. I saw a lot of stuff I remember and I was born in 1968. I always loved old general stores. Thanks for showing us this one.
Hey guys glad to see you back
A very nice old place with very nice stuff.
There are some beautiful wooden doors in that first clip. I would love to have that player piano. Cool. I967 was a sad year for my family. My 14 year old brother was killed in a bicycle accident. Michelob! I drank quite a few in my teenage years. Thanks for this video. 🙂
Love this. Those beer bottles in my opinion are definitely 1960s. I sell antiques and love the old mouths and logos. One of my favorite explores so far. That Darth Vader car kinda blows the 60s estimate of abandonment so probably more like the eighties? Commenting as I watch hopefully I didn't miss the information. The RCA TV box right before you close the video is newer too. So curious how and why people leave stuff and when ugh I wanna know! 🤪
Beer bottles were from the 80s I drank a lot of them.
Great find! Thanks!
What a awesome fine love looking at the vintage items I think it would be cool if there was a old building set up like it did back in the day have a safe trip 😊
awesome find love the old antiques there those long boards are train layout tables for model railroads prettty neat place be safe and happy exploring seee you guys soon kim and that piano was a old nickleoden
Enjoyed, thx for sharing, enjoy your travelling and be safe
That's one thing I cannot understand, why would anyone leave pianos behind. Love you videos keep up the good work leaving a panel behind, is truly sad
Interesting house. I thought one of those coffee jars looked to have some papers in it.
I would like a better look at the old books, but I know you didn't have much time.
*Loved this video!* ☺
ya went nutz for a can of nuts *laughs gotta love ya & that's why I'm here.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
Hi Rick & Bekah fascinating, you guys find the best
places and you film real slow (nice)
the piano is a pianola,,,the older one you have to peddle
i have a collection of pianos new n very old
pianos played by famous artists in one off concerts.
witha pianola you can sit at the keyboard start up the pianola
and for all the world it looks as though you are playing
Chopin,,, or Liberace or Scott Joplin's ragtime,,,,
as the pianola plays the keys operate as the tune is played
quite eerie if in an empty room with an echo
ok guys keep safe
Ed Beverly Hills CA
Imagine all the winters it with stood. Fascinating video.
You guys find some great places to visit and your camera work is extremely awesome.
This is going to be a "TMI" moment but I can pinpoint that Kotex box exactly to 1970. The "Sanka" coffee wasn't on the market that long and that was late 60s/early 70s.
,yup!! I was going to say the same thing!@😂
Sanka coffee has been on the market since 1923 (97 years and counting) It is manufactured by Maxwell House a division of Kraft Foods. It was the first decaffeinated instant coffee and is still popular today. www.walmart.com/ip/Sanka-Instant-Coffee-Decaffeinated-8-oz-Jar/12018474
TMI is giving us information that would be disgusting. You just told us a history fact.
Fascinating stuff 👍
My quilt teacher is from North Carolina! Would love visit ! Marsha
The piano looks to me like it's the kind that could play on it's own. That paper looking thing with the punch holes in it are the music itself, I believe, like a computer used to use punch cards to read, that is what that is like with the piano. Correct me if I'm wrong!! . My grandma used to call it "playin' pianer'' music" (I'm trying to give you the way she pronounced piano back in her day lol) she was born in 1902. I remember that jar of Sanka Coffee!!. My mom drank that every morning. Wow, I'm old!! OKay, thanks for sharing this find with us! Loved it as usual!! Peace and Love, Kim ~
I love the wood work inside. And I recognize A lot of the bottles and stuff from when I was a kid. The beer bottles weren't old they looked like twist tops.
I think this was a dry goods store from the turn of the century (1900) because of the spacious sales floor with all the shelving, and the family would have lived on the premises in the other part of the house. Then, eventually it became a resale/junk shop--which would account for all the odd pieces of mismatched furniture, framed pics, old books and games, and other junk. They might have continued to sell staples like coffee, pet food, bread, paint and basic hardware, too, before finally being abandoned when no longer lucrative for the family. In the sixties when I was a little girl, glass bottles were returned to stores for a refund of the "deposit" which was for the glass. These bottles were then picked up by the company whose logo was on them, sterilized, and reused. This might explain why so many glass bottles were collected. The interior wooden doors were very nice.
a new rick and bekah video..happy happy happy joy joy joy...thank you
Cool explore. Never apologize for not going into an unsafe space. You are smart not to. NC is where I was born. A lot of people had small country stores in or near their houses. There were 4 within walking distance of my parents house one being my uncles who had MD and couldn't walk so they ran a small store connected to my grandparents house. Enjoyed this video stay safe
Amazing place to still have all that in there.....
Self playing piano..Awsome! ✌🤠👍
First glance it reminded me of the whistle stop on Fried Green Tomaoes
Hello Rick and Bekah - I enjoy your explorations and the wonderful things you discover along the way. Rick almost going through the flooring does however highlight how dangerous these trips can be. Here in Canada, we have many long-abandoned "prairie houses" in the Western Provinces and, they too, have been a tempting sight for more than a few people. A few years back, a gentleman was exploring one such house (alone) and fell right through the rotted first-floor into a basement about 10 feet below. He injured his leg and could not get out, and his calls for help went unheard (there were no other houses for miles around). It was early winter and it was only through the alertness of a policeman that likely saved this man's life. The policeman noticed an SUV parked on the road below and saw some foot-prints leading towards the ancient house. My point is that I would caution others from taking up the same hobby without considering the many risks. I do know that entering any abandoned property (in Canada) is illegal ("trespassing") unless granted permission by the owners or authorities in charge of such things - and it's highly unlikely such permission would ever be given. Best wishes to all!
It was an old player piano. Paper rolls put on. Yourfeet pumped peddles down below. That would make air come tbrough the holes in paper that played keys making a song. Wonderful things and refurbishable.
Great video, you guys find some awesome places. Also you're a very cute couple.
Really Cool place. Trying to imagine it in its Glory days. That Darth Vader toy tells me the latest was probably 78-79'. Becka looked real enthused.
great video,
I hope that you both are safe and well. It was good to see you exploring again. I also hope that Bekah is alright. Because something was terribly wrong with her this day of videoing . I could see it in her face and responses.
She has such a sweet personality and I truly hope she is okay. We'll wishes to you both. Ty for your content. Great find👍👍
I've been noticing this more recently in their videos. I wonder if she just doesn't enjoy doing the explores any longer? But regardless, I enjoyed the video a lot - thanks for sharing with us.
How can that be you never seen a piano like that and also back in the day they had a lot of stores that were connected to their house, mostly in small towns! It looked like a layout of the town! Those were old model cars from back in the day and don't sniff the glue!
That Piano with the gears and paper scroll is an antique Player piano, and worth a fortune if it is restored.!I am cringing that it was left abandoned.
I just love the wood work in there it's pretty
It was pretty cool. I would love to check it out. Bekah's hair looks beautiful by the way. Great color, shine and nice cut.
Your hair IS beautiful--love the color on you.
I like your viewpoint in this video
What chaching mean?? Piano like old saloon lol..it's like old general store use to be in our town, owners never abandoned it,they retired. Building still stands today because changed ownership several times, original owners passed away!! Seeing old buildings like this reminded me of generous man treated us so good when we young when other people didn't, he give us piece candy when we walking to school. They lived in back of store. Just lil memory I had seeing this, thank you!!! Always wear masks in old houses!!
Very cool 👍😎
Player pianos can be played on the keyboard, or you use a music scroll. The person pumps 2 peddles alternately, and that advances the paper scroll across the wind pipe, while an air pump is also drawing air through the scroll. Holes in the wind pipe behind the scroll correspond to the keys, so it plays the keys automatically. My grandmother's house had one of these and I played it a lot as a kid. They would keep me occupied with it when I was bugging them!
Love those knotty pine walls! I grew up in a house with walls like that. That's not just wood paneling.
I have the same kind of walls on one room!
Awesome!
Hard to say what it was originally as it was built onto so much. When I saw the player piano, my first thought was tavern. Looks like it was a country store where you could also eat, based on the stove with the hood. It might have had gas pumps at one time. I also thought it might have been used as a library based on the type of shelves and the reference shelf book that was in the box. It could have been all those things at one time or another. Wish I knew the history behind it. Nice explore.
Yep. Alot of that stuff in the beginning of your video would be from the 1960's. I recognize the products from then. I guess that would make me "really old" like the stuff! Lmao.
Welcome to NC. Many General Stores back in the day also had the living areas for the owner. Cool find.
This was a unique find. Rick, you need to get a mask (and stop falling through the floor). That dust isn't good for your lungs. Enjoyed seeing you both.
Please protect your breathing!
Cool video. A lot of your "general stores" were a combined store and owner of the stores home.
Becka , you are shy. Don't be .. I only started watching this show because of how cool you are . I had to watch like 6 episodes just to see you . Anyway you're adorable. What's his name is a lucky guy.
That stove is early 1940s oh my GOSH!
that upright piano dates back to the 1800s.
Hello from Shelby NC
I started laughing at the old Kotex box on the shelf
Love it!
The piano is a self playing piano. You can play the normal way or set it to play by itself. The paper with the holes in it would turn on a spindle and the holes would determine which key to play. Worth a lot of in good condition.
The Purina Dog food bag is the same one we bought for our Beagle back in the mid 70's
Many mom and pop stores....had the residential area in the back. Or...upstairs.
That player piano would bring some money.
I don't want it, but it is worth some bucks.
It's a player piano that mechanically plays music recorded by means, usually, of perforations on a paper roll
those gerber baby food jars date very early 1960s before that tin cans.