Tokyo Juki Industrial Sewing Machine
Tokyo Juki Industrial Co. Ltd. Model: LK 1852 Juki LK1852 is used to lock stitches by first making straight stitches and then…
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Mayer Circular Knitting Machine
Maschinenfabrik Mayer & Cie. Tailfingen, Germany Machinenumber/Model: 4062 Circular knitting machine that works with electricity and produces rib knit fabric. 12 reels…
Albi Circular Knitting Macine
ALBI Maschinenfabrik, Alber&Bitzer GmbH Co. KG, Tailfingen, Germany Model: ROJ3, Machine number: 4264 Circular knitting machine that works with electricity and produces…
ALBI – Circular Knitting Machine
ALBI Maschinenfabrik, Alber&Bitzer GmbH Co. KG, Germany Model RFH10795 Circular knitting machine that works with electricity and produces woolsilk fabric. 27 reels…
Shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers: folding leather edges (2)
The sound of gluing and folding leather edges. The recording was realized in Adam Cieślak’s Shoe Uppers Repair Shop at 3 Dąbrowskiego…
Shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers: thinning of leather (1)
The sound of thinning leather edges, i.e. reducing its thickness. The recording was realized in Adam Cieślak’s Shoe Uppers Repair Shop at…
Shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers: shoe stretching machine
The sound of taking high heeled shoes off and putting them on the shoe stretching machine. The recording was realized in Adam…
Shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers: stretching the shoe upper
The sound of stretching the upper in the boot. The recording was realized in Adam Cieślak’s Shoe Uppers Repair Shop at 3…
Shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers: sewing a zipper into the shoe
The sound of sewing a zipper into the shoe. The recording was realized in Adam Cieślak’s Shoe Uppers Repair Shop at 3…
Pursemaker: performing belt loops (2)
The sound of performing belt loops. The sound was recorded in the Pursemaker Shop at 42 Hoża Street in Warsaw (Poland). Leather…
Pursemaker: thinning a leather belt (1)
The sound of thinning the edges of a leather belt, i.e. reducing the thickness of leather. The sound was recorded in the…
Glove maker: shaping a glove (3)
The sound of shaping a glove in order to obtain its proper shape before sale. The sound was recorded in T. Kowalski…
Glove maker: machine sewing (2)
The sound of sewing leather using Singer machine. The sound was recorded in T. Kowalski Gloves Atelier at 10 Chmielna Street in…
Glove maker: leather cutting (1)
The sound of cutting leather with scissors. The sound was recorded in T. Kowalski Gloves Atelier at 10 Chmielna Street in Warsaw…
Two rattles
The sound of a wooden rattle used as a Slovenian folk instrument. These rattles are used in the period before Easter (from…
Rattle – Easter tradition
The sound of a wooden rattle used as a Slovenian folk instrument. These rattles are used in the period before Easter (from…