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I love the Reface Rhodes, and also used to work in carpentry. Your skills are amazing and this build is so fun to watch. Thanks for taking us on this ridiculous voyage 😁😁😁I know where I'm going for studio furniture!

It does look beautiful... but as someone that has built enclosures for modern hardware myself... eventually you end up tearing it down as it's just too heavy/bulky to have around. Next up : Turning a USB flash drive into a Winchester disk.

Amazing and beautiful work!!! 🥰

Let me go out on a limb and say that most of the angry commenters would not be able to distinguish between the reface and real thing in a blind listening test. People can't tell synth plugins or processor plugins these days so there's no way anyone is able to tell it's not a real rhodes.

beautiful ! but the power switch ....

The Reface CP is my all time favorite digital keyboard and I use it extensively in gigs because of its portability and sound. I truly admire what you have done here; Yamaha Music Corp needs to see this.

Teak is an amazing wood. It is so durable and stable, and I think it looks beautiful when oiled. It is a shame it is so expensive, but that's what you get when the trees are almost extinct. I genuinely hope that sustainble forestry can guarantee that we can enjoy this amzing wood in the future too. (I think of all those WW2 warships that had solid 6" teak decks, because of course they had... And then halfway through the war they tore up the decks to lighten the ships. What a waste!) The teak deck of my boat requires almost no maintenance work besides scrubbing it with water and soap once in a while. I have sanded it down a couple of years ago but there is still plenty of wood left if I need to do it again in ten years. Teak becomes a very light gray when left to be exposed to sunlight. This becomes a great silvery nuance that doesn't absorb heat but isn't so reflective that it blinds you when sailing. It turns a darker gray when wet, but that only helps it absorb more light so it dries up quicly once the sun comes out. Teak decks are naturally non-slip and very resistant to wear and tear. A varnished or canvased deck is always goung to be susebtible to puncturing the water-tight surface, but teak just doesn't soak up water, so you can leave it un-treated. I have also restored a bunch of teak furniture from the 1950's and 60's. In most cases all that was required was a careful cleaning with a mild soap and a few coats of satin furniture polish. Legs are usually made of solid wood, so I can sand them down and reapply a new coat of oil and laquer. Legs often have more wear on them due to ferocious vacuum cleaning. Table tops sometimes has stains from hot tea cups or flowerpots so they may require a new layer of veneer. I alway appreciate when furniture builders make table tops (and legs) detachable, so that you can remove the top nd send it through a sander and press new veneer on the surface. This way we can give 60 year old furniture a new life. Furniture that can't easily be disassembled are usually doomed to be scrapped after the surfce finish has worn down.

Beautiful work and design. That piano looks like a joy to play. The Yamaha seems to be a good enough piece of gear in it's own right but you have elevated it to an instrument that can be loved nd treasured for the rest of your life. (Or as long as the Yamaha electronics lasts, but in case they should break, you could always get another one to put in there.)

This is a very nice project. Well done! For esier and better soldering, you should get some flux paste. One little jar of paste costs a few bucks and will last you for years. It might not be strictly necessary, because the solder you buy has some flux already in it, but the difference is pretty dramatic. Dip your wires and components in the flux paste and they will soak up the solder like a sponge. You won't have any problem with the solder forming a bead that doesn't want to stick to anything.

unbelivable!👏👏👏

what tune he played in minute 2:08 please help

Does anyone have any links to repair manual schematics or know what type of ribbon cables connect each of the boards on the CP?

I believe this has to be one of the very best videos ever uploaded to this platform!

$1594 raw cost +$5000 labour + $150K for the basics of that shop … cheap!

That workshop is insane! Hopefully, you’ll never need to change out a speaker! 😂

I only allow myself to use the word "stunning" once a year, and there it is.

Love it

That's great work

Please don't get me wrong, but next time use a tube amp

You did something simply incredible, if you are going to make a version for a hammond please don't use the yamaha yc, consider using the hardware and keys from the "hammond m-solo" model, it already has everything in it you just need to put a little of your talent

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really cool video!

Did I miss it or did you cover how you powered everything?

Dang dude... that's way more pro than my little synth build I did around a behringer. (it's the only thing on my page if you're interested)

Balanced outputs were the icing on the cake! Amazing job!

The look in the beginning had me rolling 😂😂😂😂

I didn't know you had a TH-cam channel! I have one of your products at my home stuido. A true craftsman and excellent video. Reminds me of Love Hulten with the much needed explanations! Lol thanks!

This was the first video I found while searching ideas on constructing almost exactly what you constructed. Amazing work! I would love to build this minus the speakers. Thoroughly enjoying the reface and would love to glorify it.

Good wood work. But the title is the misinformation. Its only appeaeance and the rhodes is more about the sound and electronics snd mechanics Please change the title a bit.

What casters are those, they look great

Also please make plans available

First of all I want a full length 4+ minute version of that intro tune please

Thank you for the honest statement at the almost 3 minute mark. I was looking for a video for utilising another keyboard make a Rhodes. This ain’t it.

This was amazing. Beautiful work. Now to buy a desk from you brb

I can’t imagine doing all of this work but using keys from such a cheap keyboard that don’t really feel that great

Really cool project. Only wished you had taken the plunge and built a real electro-mechanical piano into it.

do you have a follow up for a pedal box that would incorporate sustain/damper, volume. and voltage control (for wah clavinet)?

The veneer was a nice touch 👍🏽

The weighting of the keys is excellent.. I own such a M•Audio 88 keybed to play the reface Yamaha and but the weighting is not where I like it to play - excellent work here ❤

Would buy

THIS is wonderful. I love it!

Was totally expecting an ad read for Better Help during the glue up. I was pleasantly surprised that you didn’t take advantage of your own character growth to sell a product. I love all of your videos and as a musician-woodworker I am 100% interested in seeing a video on your process for creating miniature prototypes.

this looks beautifull, makes the original rhodes-legs look rather industrial. very well done thank you for sharing!

I watched your previous video on the construction of your piano, but I've subbed after watching you move that little beetle to the side rather than kill it.🥰🥰

Nice build, but what I don’t really understand is why, with all this meticulous effort and attention to detail, you did not choose a better quality keybed. I think the instrument looks very cool, but I suspect the feel when playing it would be really disappointing to me. I would have searched for a premium wooden hammer action keybed from a defective or second hand instrument. Maybe a little more expensive, but that would be totally justified when looking at the cost of the entire build.

Yamaha Deface

New favourite channel! Loving these videos. I'm super glad top find someone combining fine woodworking and studio furniture, thanks documenting your journey. Inspired to do a similar build with my reface CP, will let you know if I get round to it ✌

Beautiful

Very interesting and impressive quality. Also interesting for me that you can combine danish oil with laquer... never thought that this is possible.

Nice! I am thinking of building me an eurorack cabinet. Any comments about using good quality plywood vs using solid wood on music related builds? Thanks again for sharing.