I put Hammers on a Piano then hired Pro Pianists without telling them
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Could you please inform me how many hours you’ve spent mutalating pianos? Sorry for the spelling
“Mutilating”?
Think you mean “Making BETTER”
Yoo, even if you don't have good social skills for getting reactions, the playing was awesome!
this video should actually be titled "half an hour of a Scandinavian man suffering crippling social anxiety over minorly pranking a pianist."
That's what makes it special
lmao that”s why it’s so good
Small correction: "*enjoyable* half an hour of ...."
Hahaha this is a great title tbh
I've only met the one Dane, but from he told me about their culture and the surrounding Nordic countries, it's about on par with what he said.
Lol the last lady saying “You’re very intelligent” sounded like she was talking to a young child congratulating them on their monstrous creation
Well it was made to sound stupid, obviously :D
Yeah, that lady was really nice and appreciated what he had done much more than the others.
1k likes
It might have sounded like that but i think she really thinks that
Welp, we clasical musicians already had Jhon Cage in our history, he modified pianos and is the autor of 4:33, that is a fkn meme of clasical experimental music, so nothing of this is really new to the pianist XD.
Other youtubers: prank other people maliciously for their own profit
Matthias: pays pianists to play his piano and feals ashamed
Bro, you da best ^^
While paying thousands
Hahaha this comment made me realise how much I overthink things
He is just Swedish :)
You kinda pranked yourself right?
@@Mattiaskrantz Scandinavian humbleness at best
LOL page turner = bodyguard for spouse who is travelling 80km to the home of a complete stranger with a potentially sketchy request. Good on them.
also page turner
@@MMx1000 Also sextoy in bed.
@@MMx1000😂😂😅
I wonder how many men did not think of this at all and how many women knew immediately why that man accompanied her.
@@ChallieWallie Yeah that's pretty much what I was wondering could never had that point of view myself lol
The first Pianist simply blew me away. She sat down at a tinny, over weighted, out of tune, monstrosity with several missing keys and played it with such musicality. You could see her smirking now and then at the absurdity but the way that she handled the instrument, could make you believe that every sound was intended that way.
tbh true, you can tell she herself is a beast of a master... it sounded really like a different instrument in her hands
Her hands looked soooo relaxed playing those heavy keys. Meanwhile my fingers tensed on a Yamaha p115.
The first one was just happy to be playing as silly as it was she became one with it and just powered through.
@Aurora Lillian I don't feel so weird being a nurse n having generalized anxiety disorder
Well, It was in tune. It got tuned in the previous video.
As a professional musician I can tell you why you didn’t get a reaction. Because you hired professionals, and they acted professionally. Of course they aren’t going to be rude to their employer.
Also, extended techniques, you know?
This was my thoughts exactly. I have sat straight faced through some bananas stuff. You gave $1400 to a pro, you got a pro. Still a fun video, it was nice watching her adapt to the hammers at first.
She also knew she was there to play something experimental.
Yes but also bc, swedes!
ok DAVID
Pranked by the professional pianists' professionalism.
Absolutely .. .. ..
Literally this. 😂 Professional pianists have to put up with so much nonsense, this is basically just a standard Tuesday. (Also, modifying pianos is A Thing. John Cage composed whole pieces for pianos modified in various ways.)
Aliterally
@@DJRY360 Tbh . .. .. i didnt like it .. .. .. would much preferred hearing that played on an old grotrian - tuned of course with all the notes in there for the players delectation .. .. ..
@@johnnyroadcrew3841 ok
First lady just impressed the hell out of me, such professionalism and ability to extract sound out of piano.
I’m not surprised she brought her husband. If I were a woman I would be hesitant to drive 5 hours alone to a complete strangers house and get paid to play a piano.
What could possibly go wrong?
Kudos to the bravery of the second lady.
@@Whaleydaveyagreed, but 80km takes less than an hour to do 😅
@@Hexthrill Oh OK, I thought I heard them say “5 hours” for the drive? I must’ve misheard.
While 1440 euros is a lot of money, if you think about it it's a very humble price for travelling 10 hours, practicing the songs you sent her, playing them, and all by someone at the top of her profession. Musicians are really wonderful people
500 km is nothing for someone from Russia, it's just about 4-5 hours of driving.
@@tanteriaaa Wow in Russia you get to drive how fast? I'm only get to drive about 300 km for 4 hours in my country where I'm from hmmm
@@JoanKSX many people drive about 120-130 km per hour in order to get earlier, but I didn't say it :)
@@tanteriaaa Awww you guys ah-ha XD
Our country has limited to only 110 km/hour, slow AF... and no fines to slower drivers who would drive like 70 km/hour on a 110 km/hour highways urghhh
A speed limit i dont know what that is in germany🙂. On highways in germany there is lot of speedlimitless zones
I like how hes the only one who feels out of place in his own home
Why so many likes but no reply’s
@@lBennyTHPS introverts
@@lBennyTHPS they like it, but have nothing to add on to it
I didn't even think of that perspective, but for these moments in the video he has a professional pianist in his house to play 88 hammers.
@@lBennyTHPS :• …Like the brilliant-grade brevity of the lines in Moonstruck (the movie), this comment was already sufficiently loaded and can’t be topped.
The reason you weren't getting much of a reaction is because musicians, by their nature, love creativity. What you built wasn't as much as a joke, so much as an interesting and creative musical instrument. As a musician myself, I'd be more inclined to work harder to help you create music worthy of your creativity. They all reacted, just not in a practical joke sort of way. We don't watch and view because you make jokes... we watch and view because we are interested in what you create... even if they are meme worthy. Keep up the great work.
Or they are just a lot more focused on what they are playing and trying to make it sound nice. I play the piano and I would be nervous and more focused on my performance especially if I was paid for it.
Yup. More crazy-interesting than a prank!
It sounded like they played on pianos that used metal hammers before.
I would be worried about doing a good job demonstrating this unique instrument in a recording that will represent it as a creative achievement. Of course they don't feel pranked!
They are, after all, professional pianists
It's like replacing a Sword master's training sword with floppy foam and see their reaction.
Then they proceed to annihilate everyone in the gym then response with "It's a bit too flexy but very light and easy to handling" with earnest smile.
In the modern world, prepared piano or modified instruments actually have quite a bit of interesting opportunities. The best example I can think of is Aphex Twin and the album "Druqks". He made very melodic and interesting prepared piano variations for several of those tracks. (Seriously: he put like random objects in a piano in various ways, per note; and just mangled the sound in a very pleasant form. Great album.)
A guitar example would probably be that turkish professor dude who makes microtonal guitars...although that is a bit more N-tone theory oriented as opposed to timbre theory oriented. Also, he kinda uses science and maths.
Great analogy
@@py_a_thon Seasick Steve can play music on old guitars missing 1,2 or 3 strings plus instruments that he has made out of pieces of old junk. th-cam.com/video/JPOMYHKWGTE/w-d-xo.html
You make me laugh buddy xD
I'm a swordsman, and just about every swordsman is used to flex with their swords. Because:
A. Foam and plastic are what is typically used for sparring and training
B. Swords themselves tend to be quite flexible, and flex quite a lot on hit
His reaction seing pianists not having reactions is actually funnier than pianists' reactions themselves
Reactionception!
I’d be pissed if I had to drive 10 hours for this
@@priceandpride but would you be pissed if you got paid 1400 for it
@@priceandpride You would be pissed to play songs you agreed to be paid to do weird but ok
Is that 10 hours each way? So 20 hours, which means probably have to also find a place to stay. So two days of my time. Eh, 50/50 on how pissed I be. Idk how much the amount of money he gave out is worth (Cost of Living). Some places, 1,400 would be a good chunk, some places it wouldn’t even pay the rent for a studio apartment.
Instead of trying to prank the pianists, I'd just told them the whole story: "I'm a crazy TH-cam entrepreneur and I'm trying to create viral videos. I modified a bunch of pianos and am not able to play them to anyones satisfaction. I need someone who really know their stuff to see, what sounds could be produced with these monsters. Also, we need to talk in english, while filming. "
Sometimes honesty works well!
Welp.
Or just "Hey, I'd like you to try and check out this modified piano for a TH-cam video."
I think part of the draw on these videos is seeing the astonished reaction of the unsuspecting mark. Of course they're Swedish so most of them hardly react at all anyway.
that's spot on
The first player. I could tell that she adjusted her playing as she went, as she got used to the slower action.
She made it sound better as she went.
Then she gave you great feedback and demonstrated that the keys can't keep up with the piece.
She earned her money.
Yes, a true artist who understands her instrument, best money you ever spent.
Why do I feel like they’re underpaid😅😅😅
@@zulaycahazurin5493 *comments on third highest rated comment*
*calls it underrated*
@@swagonmynuts6478 **replies to a 2 weeks-long comment, expecting it to be the same as now.**
also the fact that she drove 10 hours to get there
The second one, I loved how into the music she was, at the "bouncing" while playing. It was amazing to see how into the music and actions she was. And to go along with it all. Such passion in playing as well.
What is the name of the symphony she played
The problem is, the people that ended up taking your job were actual professionals that absolutely love their craft. And they showed up to play an experimental interment. And loved it.
This is what I was thinking. Like, they knew going in that something was going to be weird about this piano.
As an American, I read this incorrectly at first
@@nickg8272 What? I'm also an American and had 0 trouble. What does nationality have to do with that?
@Tate Pattillo I still don't know what being American has to do with any of this.
@@MaybeAnnatar they're taking our jobs don't be a Karen
Him: "I'll get a pro piano player and they'll freak out when they see the hammers!"
Her: "Oh, cool."
if he told them that it is for a project they arent going to laugh on a client.
I like how the first lady is grinning the whole time because she knew, "Ha ha, they done given me another goofy piano again!"
th-cam.com/video/oLRuX4Dbq5c/w-d-xo.html
She seems simultaneously amused and annoyed.
@@MilesMilesCrocodiles I think she's amused at the situation and annoyed at the piano. There's no way it could've felt at all natural to a pianist of her level
This is undoubtedly the most wholesome creative and beautiful prank for everyone involved! Well done to the pianist and her husband, and too you for such a creative idea!
Yeah it's pretty hard to prank real musicians, they tend to react with "wow this is cool, how can we make this work?" Because if it can make sound, a musician be make music man.
So true! As long as it's not their liability, I think any musician would happily try a mangled instrument "just to see if it still works."
Lol i'm here for that exact reason
Exactly.
Yep I loved the last reaction for that exact reason
i have been playing drums professionally for 12 years, non-professionally for 22 years. I am thrilled by broken or what would be deemed "bad" drums very often. Any different kind of buzz, boom, thud, or crack is just a new texture to my sound pallet and makes my creative juices flow instantly
The problem is you hired professionals. By nature they’re going to act professionally.
This was my thinking, also.
Yes, but a professional should also be so well versed and practiced that they should be able to immediately deduce something was different in a way that is noticeable apart from standard instrument deviations.
@@pooppoop6337 He pretty much opened with "The piano will sound weird", so that's not unusal. It also sounds like a harpsicord, just plays like a tougher piano.
He should've hired an unprofessional.
@@FeathersMcGraw_ I approve of your moronic comment! Cuz once you pay someone...
She is not phased at all by the weight of ACTUAL HAMMERS on those keys. She moves as gracefully as if nothing had changed. What an amazing pianist
Seriously. Sight reading through that with such professionalism. She’s amazing.
No doubt, what a beast
That's because as a pianist you practice everyday to gain strength in the fingers
Who? There were three shes. XD
Class and Grace in unfamiliar environments. Sometimes we are only one try away from greatness. Sometimes many tries but that is called courage and tenacity!
It’s also kind of a good advert for their skills and ability to work even with a weird setup. Hopefully they drum up some prospects as a result of this!
She still managed to make Megalovania sound so good. I am impressed.
@DEEJMASTER 333 bruh why u mad?
@@obi1011 he just wants attention ignore him
lol just some guy without a mustache strikes again
Do you have clones? I see you everu video I see and I dont even think thats the most of your comments. I started to think you are a mutant
It's hard to top that idea
As a pianist, I can NOT imagine playing all of those songs on keys that are 10 times heavier. I have the deepest respect for these pianists!! I hope their hands and fingers will recover well from this.
Does it actually cause damage to their fingers??
@@zzey It could, actually! There are specific health issues that pianists tend to suffer from, like carpal tunnel syndrome or tendinitis, for example. It's very important to take breaks and have the correct arm, hand and finger positions. I don't believe that these pianists will have an issue since they are very trained and they only played that piano once. But generally, a piano like that definitely has the potential to cause pain and/or an inflammation.
k but if they have been doing it for years, practicing for hours, then this prolly just made their hands stronger if anything.
@@zzey well I have tendinitis and God it HURTS so much
@@LaEve think of Keith Emerson.
Mattias: "I'm going to prank these pianists"
Pianists: *actively enjoy new piano*
😅
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Lol yes they just wanted to play around 😂
Haha
i bet she wanted to yeet the piano in her car and take it home XD
Watching her play was a joy. Beautiful piece also. The piano sounded almost quirky like a show tune piano. She looked like she enjoyed herself also.
I'm a pianist myself and as a hint you could have contacted students of a nearby conservatory (if there is one), usually their level of playing is very high and they're more likely to put up with stuff like this :)
Especially if you pay them well lol
@@BachBeethovenBerg also they are pretty young so it's probably going to be fun
You could also let them play an unmodified piano afterwards so they can relax and you can get your money's worth of epic recordings
It would be better to get the “students” from the local insane asylum.
I think that the pianist that would go simply to downright "forget that" are rare...
Some would ask for money, though. Some might go because "What the hell? What to see that?" Some might see a challenge there...
Many would refuse because they have better things to do, like an album or practicing for an orchestra or teaching. But this is different than just "nope! Never! Forget about it;"
"I paid people, who have dedicated their lives to piano, a lot of money to play the piano and was disappointed by how seriously they took it" 😂
Now that you said that, it's absolutely accurate lol
😂😂😂
I was literally having this exact thought, the ENTIRE video. Also I thought it was fucking adorable how into the whole thing the second girl was getting. Loved the whole video though, that first lady was so nice, the second one was so getting into the sound of it and you could tell she had a real passion for piano in how she spoke and I love seeing that. Also glad he managed to get a reaction from the third lady, made the whole crippling anxiety worth it in the end xD
That's called professionalism which you won't doubt with ur employers which she got a great sum of money it's not for free ay
The last girl was really impressed, that was so sweet!
I can see that these people, being professionals, must be a little terrified at how to respond. They don't want to make a mockery of your creation. I think a more genuine approach could work in the future. "I modify pianos and create videos for youtube. The task will be to see if you can guess how I've modified the instrument. This will be treated as a paid gig, but the atmosphere will be light and friendly and I truly hope you will have fun sharing in this creative opportunity to showcase my creation." You can still leave that final reveal to an element of real surprise. At this point, you will have built anticipation and they will be excited to see what you've done, especially if they managed to guess correctly!
What a great video regardless. All of these pianists just lit me up to hear them play. Thank you for showcasing all of them! We would have never been able to experience them without you!
I think this is a great idea.
Do you wanna take charge of the channel bro?
This. Let them know what they're in for and make it a fun game for all the parties involved! I really hope Matthias sees this
Yes this right here would have been a lot less stressful for him.
I think this is perhaps the best approach for Mattias to assuage his own anxiety
Many many years ago, we were prepping for a big jam, and we put metal thumbtacks on the face of the felt hammers. The piano guy LOVED it!!!
The epiphany he has when he realizes a page turner is necessary is gold
But really, the husband was there to make sure his wife was safe. For all she knows this random guy who emailed her can be a creep or a serial killer.
@@sinatra222 100%
@@sinatra222 probably a mixture of both
@@sinatra222 wait you were born in 222?
@@sinatra222 not in sweden , crime there is super low
They probably didn't say anything because they were trying to be professional and polite. I can't imagine what was going through their heads.
Very true, if I was in the predicament, especially if it were paid i would avoid questioning it in case it would have hurt the owner's feelings.
@@Applecakes Id rather say what i thought, because he did say it is a product and an opinion about it might be of worth for him.
To be fair... It's pretty impressive to commit this hard to a joke. If I were in their shoes, I'd be shocked for only a moment, then the next curious.
Just confirms that professional musicians can make great music on lousy instruments. My dad was a pro pianist and he could make broken down pianos sound good.
What are you "Playing At..." ?? 😄 👍
To quote the famous Dominic Touretto, "It's not the car that wins the race but the driver behind the wheel." F8 when he challenges the Big Oak to race his cousin's car.
@@Skyscraper2015 Who?
@@johnpearson4899 the family man.....
😂😂😅😅
The same applies to reverb on synths. A good reverb can make even a fisher price FM synth sound amazing and atmospheric.
1st lady casually throwing Chopin at Frankenstein's Monster of a piano is gold 😂
Here's what you should've done: told them you were a hobby craftsman and just built your first full sized piano, but you don't know how to play so you're unsure of how good a job you did. Then, when they discover the hammers, you can act all surprised at the fact that it shouldn't have been literal hammers.
This would have been way more effective. LOL
This is one of those shower thought moments where u come up with a much better idea days too late
AHHHH YES
It hurts he didnt do this
it's not too late! take 2.0.2!
I was classically trained in piano for 25 years. I understand why the professionals don't react. When you play regularly, you learn to adapt to many different instruments having different feels and sounds, various degrees of proper tuning and keys sometimes sticking or being muted. You wouldn't really want to be a diva and complain too much about the instrument and just make it sing as best as you can.
Agreed. The “professional” part entails a great deal of patience and grace. These artists were delightfully kind and giving of their expertise.
I suspect it's just hard to prank a professional. I absolutely love their responses. It's like Mattias was the one being pranked.
the second chick was just like oh yeah hammers in the piano like thats every other piano she see's didnt even comment on it other than theyre a bit heavy
They're being paid for it, and not being disrespected in any way how is it surprising for professionals not act like assholes
They're being paid for it, and not being disrespected in any way how is it surprising for professionals not act like assholes
Mattias: pretends to be German to explain why they have to speak English
Also Mattias: has the thickest Swedish accent in the video
Excuse me!!
There are quite a lot of Swedes that speak german, I guess you were lucky she didn't just start talking german when entering the house...
@@michelle778 that would have been insanely funny
Hey we have the same profile picture!
They should just speak Swedish and put on subtitles honestly 😅
I might be here years later but I've only heard one pianist with a piano that sounded like this and the music was before my time. It sounded lovely
It sounds like you pranked yourself a lot more than you pranked the actual pianist!
You can’t mess around with a truly skilled musician ;)
Yeah I don't see how this is a prank haha
I really think prank was not the right word, I would say Tries to surprise Classical Pianist and fails hilariously. In spite of the grueling Practice and hours of dedication, Classical musicians are still creatives. When you're paying that amount of money the only one you're pranking is yourself👍 They were worth every penny!
Agreed. This guy is such an egotistical person.
@@davidmenke7552 I disagree heavily. He seemed to focus a lot more about others thoughts and feelings considered there time and travel. Not something a egotistical person would do
She wasn't worth $400. She was worth THOUSANDS. Amazing player, amazing attitude, and went through it no matter what. That is a true Musician of which I admire. 💯👍
I read the first 4 words and was ready to shit all over you lol
@@the_car_guy5915 😂😂
@@the_car_guy5915 😂😂😂😂
Just to satisfy your need to vilify others, here you go:
“She wasn’t worth $400.”
I can buy ppl?
As a German I love the way you claimed to be German and then brought a full blown Swedish accent into your English. "I know some Swedish" also killed me
Why’d he pretend to be German?
i chuckled at that too. he could have thought up a better lie.
He also replied in english when they were speaking swedish lmao
I love how you're a German with the most Irish name imaginable.
@@teokarlsson305 nice, I didn't catch that
Beginning - 7:10
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Right?! So much yapping
Paying 1400$ for a professional pianist to play and then be like "well yeah some keys just don't work we'll have to deal with it..." I completely lost it at that part.
I’ll find it for you
When did you last see it
I also found this hilarious, paying someone to do these professional pieces from their prestigious backgrounds and making them play with half keys working. Poor people probably thought they're try a piano that was innovative and cool.
@@redzy5906 good one
@@1.blazeIT 5 keys weren’t working not half. Tho 5 keys is still a lot…typically pianos has 88 keys but every sound counts in music and without those 5 keys, it disrupts the harmonizations. Feels like something is missing. It would really irk me
Showed my mum who's a classical pianist how the piano sounded without telling her how it was modified. She asked me if it was a hammer piano. Never underestimate classical musicians they know their shit
🤣
I dont think you know what that means
@@axeinthegame6853 Yes I do I think we have a translation issue here. I'm Austrian and in German a fortepiano is called "Hammerklavier" aka hammer piano. For me it just sounded like a Cembalo/Harpsichord because even though I grew up in a classical musicians household (my dad's a viola player and has an orchestra and my sister is a violin soloist) my knowledge is still second hand cause I gave up on piano lessons after a year and I simply know less lol. I'm aware of its history now tho and I get that it wasn't that impressive that she guessed it right, but I was simply surprised at the time cause I wasn't aware of the history of fortepiano and she literally said hammer piano so I wrote this comment to share my surprise. Hope you're having a good day sorry for the long reply ^^
@@emotea597 THATS A LOTTA WORDS-
@@edeanchu6376 yes, it’s people explaining their points of view, ever heard of that?
This is no prank. This is a master piece of art. The pro pianists who took the challenge proof that skills to operate with the situation gives art a totally new depth. AND for them this is absolutely fun experience to work with a funky tool that is absolute uniq.
It's about mastery.
i admire ur ability to put wonderful thinking into beautiful words.....
I love the pianists’ attitude. Curious, analytical, open to the nouveau. My respect for professional musicians grew out of your intended prank. If you were seriously developing a hammer piano product, they have actually provided you with great feedback. Sound is not half bad, there’s potential.
Instead of being overly baffled she just explains why the setup wouldn't work for the sound.THAT'S NEXT LEVEL PRO.
Where was that?
@@DennisLeeyeet 14:14
She s gold
Plan: As a prank, pretend you've made a new type of piano that serious musicians can use to make unique sounding music
Actual result: You've made a new type of piano that serious musicians can use to make unique sounding music
Makes his nervousness/embarrassment about the whole thing so much funnier because they honestly just seem curious about how different it sounds and it was probably p cool for them to do something (they're getting paid for) with very little pressure and on something that sounds so novel.
There's a video online about a woman making fake art, except its real art. Gallery and all.It's by a channel named Click for Taz.
And a newer one about art fraud by Answer In Progress.
@@that_dam_baka Proves how fucking dumb Modern Art is
@@gabbyn.3049all it proves is that everyone has the capacity to make art! If you think something is so simple you could do it then do!
@@MathLady42 I see where you're going for but shitting on a canvas literally has the chance to give you millions of dollars. It's ridiculous.
I think they don’t feel pranked because they all actually like the way it sounds and it does actually sound good and unique. Perhaps your cover story could become a reality and this could become a digitized reality for electric pianos!
Check the description.
I feel it's also the way in which he presented it... he just says: "can we try now how it sounds with the lid open?", while they are already in the middle of the play, engaged in "professional" mode, and in a setting where overreacting might even be seen as impolite. I feel the reason they don't react is out of respect and professionality. They are probably so impressed already by the novelty of the sound and trying to focus on playing it good that they want to behave as if what's important is "how it sounds with the lid open", and just act natural without reacting to what's inside.
When the first woman was so surprised of the sound and asked if she could peek inside, had he allowed her to check it out, I'm sure she would have given an interesting reaction, similar to the last woman (which also happens to peek on it herself). But once they are already in the middle of play I expect they only care about delivering a good performance without being judgemental about the instrument they were paid to play.
He could have also directly said: "Are you curious about the sound? If you'd like to check inside now, I'd be happy to see your reaction" or something like that. But because he wanted to make it more of a prank he made it look as if he did not want/expect a reaction from them when he opened it, so instead they behave professionally, since they already discovered that this was what they were getting paid for, playing on an experimental instrument.
@@johne2404 It wasn't a prank after all...
I agree completely. It sounds very similar to a hammer dulcimer. It's actually kind of beautiful (if it were in tune)
@@thelittolman I agree! Too bad that's probably impossible outside of casting your own hammers in a way that guarantees they all have the exact same material and weight
Imagine having arguably THE most experienced pianist alive in your nation be sent to your home for a meme that blew up.
10/10
Also honestly top marks on her bringing her husband as well just in case this was some shady stuff.
It was shady. Just not in that way.
You didn't create something horrible. You created a Harpsichord. The instrument that you will often hear in movies or shows based in Renaissance/medieval times. I actually really love this. Haha
I thought it sounded like a harpsichord too!
But harpsichord strings are not hit they are pinched
It does sound similar tho
@@Hi-vf9wx lol, I know. It just sounds like one is all.
It does sound like a harpsichord, although harpsichord strings are plucked.
Harpsichords are indeed plucked. It's the clavichord that uses small metal hammers. Also an older type of keyboard instrument, also hard to control the volume of the music produced. This video might give a demonstration of why players couldn't control the volume as well, the keys were heavier!
Ok, hiring a professional pianist to play Megalovania gets a like.
Wait what
@@KoolChillDudeGaming 21:00 Megalovania
it sounded epic that sound is so unique
@@KoolChillDudeGaming cheese crackers
Agreed. That Tokyo ghoul was pretty sweet, as well.
That first woman was lovely: absolutely wholesome! Don't get me wrong: everyone was nice, but the enthusiasm of the first pianist was amazing :)
Yes she was very mature and motherly and positive. Didnt really mind it at all and even impressed by the ingenuity.
Yeah!
I stumbled on this and watched till the end, and don't see this as a prank. But rather seeing someone that is a true passionate person in her craft and played it well. And her reaction was what I expected. That was the first lady I'm speaking of.
Why not be honest, just be like . “This is a surprise piano, don’t ask what I did to it. Let’s see if you can figure it out….also you’ll be paid.”
Dude, he can barely talk to those people
“i am not going to murder you”
doesn't sound serious enough, probably won't get their attention
@@phoebeh.3535 I know poor guy lol
Anyone seen looney tunes? Yosemite Sam anyone?
DadadaDunDun DUN DUN 💥 💣
She rocked the hell out of that crippled instrument anyway. The definition of a professional regardless of conditions 👍
No cap 👌
I actually still love the sound of it. It isn't orthodox, but I think it certainly has a place. Perhaps a few select notes mildly out of tune can grant an even more disoriented feeling.
Like a pool shark running the table with a crooked broom stick
Sounds like a harpsichord
yes. She killed it, professional style!
You’re thinking like an engineer. These are artists that see this as nothing more than just a tool that they need to make a sound. It’s incredible how they adjust to the task. Like a pro golfer playing par golf with a shitty set of clubs.
Well said.
Exactly. Nothing changes. For us, it's just like asking us to play in a child's toy instrument. It will sound completely different. But that's all. (Anyway I found the modification amazing!)
May everyone here have a wingman as nonchalant as her page turner... guy knows just what to do and just when to do it and stands back the rest of the time and lets her shine.
Probably one of the most wholesome "pranks" I have ever seen. It's adorable how he feels so guilty when in reality the pianists are just doing exactly what they were willing to do .. Plus he paid them to do it, so it's not like he wasted their time. LoL Thus a really wholesome prank because nobody gets hurt and nobody's time is wasted. 😁
My time was wasted.
guys whats the song that plays at 24:55?
@@ashraile Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi by Yann Tiersen. It's from the movie Amelie.
@@uubwillemse-jacobson5577 thanks!
I agree. At least everybody was compensated for being tricked
Next idea: literally take out the entire inside of the piano and insert an electric keyboard that gets hit by the hammers
I actually like that idea a lot
Do it
Have nails in the keys that get deeper with each hit changing the characteristic while playing
LoL
YES
You've created a finger exercise piano for those trying to build up their endurance.
Schumann crippled himself by practising on something like that :(
@@paxxop yeah I heard he also did way too many exercises to build speed and strength on his fingers which ultimately damaged them permanently.
@@paxxop It's an interesting story! He actually had a disease that caused that situation not practicing like a maniac XD. Sucks either way tho
@@afriendlymusician3829
It definitely didn’t help though. But yeah, I struggle to see how someone can paralyze their fingers with a matchbox and some string.
No extra charge for the ensuing Focal Dystonia :-/
Deaf engineer invents metal piano. Now he's going to be famous.
The pianist could cause a shock.
The second pianist seemed into it. She was frustrated she wasn’t performing better but played quite a few songs and even mentioned the other project piano
I wonder how much the weight of the keys affected her ability🤔
@@megalogoro6388 I'd imagine it's exhausting to play it because of how heavy it is. It seemed to be making rhythmic precision much harder as well, which makes sense because a heavier hammer would be more difficult to accelerate to the string quickly, so there would be less of a near-instant response between hitting the key and hearing the note sound
I’m sure the weight was the cause. Mattias said he thought they were 10x heavier. You could tell as she kept stretching her hands
i want to know if he asked her out though......
@@bryansweeney3077 Also because they are heavier they need a moment to return to stand by position so fast repeating of the note doesn't work at all
Page turning is pretty serious job. In fact that guy turned page wrongly, he should’ve turned it from the top corner of sheet, because pianist is reading down when ending the page. Also page turner must be good sight reader to follow notes with pianist. So it’s definitely harder than triangle player..
As a percussionist, I felt that
I think he was trying to stay out if the recording.
@@fetoruma123 Lmao
Now i Am Trianglry~!!
Yeah you should have said that way earlier Alexandre😅🤣
Love how the second half became “Paying a cute girl $1440 to hang out with me for an hour while I’m awkward and trying to prank her”
That's some rent a girlfriend plot
@@riddixdan5572 a fellow cultured man
"that time my stupid prank turned into a rom-com" :p
Sounds like a normal date to me.
Sadly never again 😔
The tune sounds like what they played in the silent film era, a damsel tied to the railroad tracks, and the train is coming, frantically trying to untie her, the train gets closer and closer.
2nd: Played great.
3rd one: Busted you
That was so cool! She made that thing sing like a choir of angles!
Ah yes,
Angles
My favorite Choir is 45° Angles, the so a cute
Didn’t expect to see you here mate🤣
angels on E, but still angels
Angles of angels out angeling eachother.. Whilst angeling which is fishing
I love how authentic the second pianist was. I hope she goes easier on herself and recognized just how freaking good she is.
I agree! It was the first time I got teary eyed listening to Megalovania. ❤️
I definitely agree, but also for $1.4k I think she knows she's pretty good. Self-criticism, when moderated by self-respect, is the key to getting good at something. She's critical of herself but it doesn't seem to affect her spirit as she remains confident.
It looked like the piano not playing properly was giving her PTSD from how she was taught. I'd not be surprised if she was hit if she got something wrong.
Yeah I emailed her this comment chain before she was really happy to read this😄😄
@Joel Valencia Oh I totally understand. and I could be wrong in exactly how she thinks of herself. I just know that many musicians going to college/university for music tend to have lower self-esteem. There isn't anything wrong with recognizing mistakes or when technique could be improved. I just think that being hard on yourself too much for too long can be counter productive. But eh, she got to her level for a reason!
I have played classical piano for ten years and I can tell you the reaction of these pianists was pure professionalism. I would have geeked out. I’m jealous that they got to play it 😅
The Russian Lady did just that. You could tell that she couldn’t get enough of it!
Lols
Same, I've played classical piano for a while, and I would have killed to play it! It sounds a bit like a harpsicord.
This is like giving a pro skater a janky or hilariously impractical board. They’d still fall and hurt themselves, but the stuff they’d do with it is art in itself
After hearing her play, it literally sounds like the love child of a piano and a harpsichord.
I never loved the sound of the piano as I’ve always preferred the sound of a harpsichord, but the downside to the harpsichord was its limitations in how loud it cold be played. Hearing this instrument is like a dream come true for me, where you get the plucking qualities of a harpsichord but the dynamic range of the piano.
As a musician myself, that was one of the most beautiful comments I've ever read. There are thousands of sounds in my brain, most of which, their are yet instruments to make. You must be a really talented Soul. Branch Out Dude, I listen to mostly non-European instruments to get my fix on.
I was thinking it sounded like a harpsichord too!
@@ericrobinson7184 Yo do you literally have sounds in your brain that you haven't heard? So you're actually creative unlike us mere mortals where our "creative" ideas are actually just slightly modified mish-mashes of whatever we've heard/read/done before.
Actually, what I think it sounds like is an old fashioned "tack piano" ...on steroids! Granted, a tack piano is simply a piano with metal tacks added to the wooden hammers, which is why they sound so similar. However, by using full weight hammers, you've created a very pure sound - like all tack, no wood. I'd love to see/have a virtual instrument plug-in sampled from your piano. It would be fun to work with.
Fwiw, and sorry to critique you, but I'm not sure this is really what I'd consider a "prank." Doing this to a grand piano before a performance without informing the pianist, now THAT would be a prank! Instead, you've masterfully modified a piano, which is amazingly still functional and playable. Then, you invited some wonderful pianists to play it, and they did so, happily, and with some incredible performances (I really loved the young lady from Russia). I know pranks are popular, but I think you try to hard to make this a prank, when it's so much better than that. Anyway, nice work, both on the piano, and in creating this video!
Exactly, I thought the same
"I modified a piano, could you please come play it?"
"Okay."
*Surprised that they don't react to a modified piano.*
"also must speak English the whole time"
She might be used to stiffer pianos
Prepared pianos are a thing; theres pieces written for shit like screws stuck btwn the strings and other shit like that. Weird but cool lol
As a professional you don't want to insert your opinion onto someone else's dream. I'm sure she had a lot to say, just out of you hearing, as is right.
@@franb1448 right, I wouldn’t expect to be hired for a job and then crap all over their dream.
The first pianist, Maria, held my attention throughout her segment. She's a true musician. The way she continues to engage about the piano and talks beyond the work she was paid to do, tells me that she's got real passion and knowledge. Glad I was recommended this video!
Did you not watch the second one?
@@scoobertmcruppert2915 silly question, if not why he write first one ?
What piece did the first pianist play?
@@briaharris183 Hammerklavier 1st movement
The second was just as good. She may not have reacted in the way we wanted. But reacting as a professional musician, she was sitting there trying to figure out how to play to the best of her abilities on a piano that is anything but normal 😂
First lady knows something is up and still crushes it. Made it sound like the piano was made to sound like that.
This madlad got a professional pianist to play megalovania on the hammersichord
Good name for it! Hammersichord!
Hahaha your guys idea that one though!
I would like to pay insane respect to page turner man because he just sat down (what looked like too far from the sheet music to read along) and knew when to get up and turn?? So he probably plays himself and/or knows the sonata pretty well, and the way it's printed here. Whenever I turn pages for someone, I need to constantly hover over their shoulder and read along in the sheet music so I know when to turn lol. He did it so easily. Props.
Like he knew the song and musics sheets just like the pianist. He had to know just enough ahead so the pianist can play smoothly through the page being turned.
Yes that was what I was thinking too.
I was thinking the same thing! I would be super anxious being a page turner 😅
I think she leaned to the right, when it was time?
He turned like a Boss
I know you're calling it a prank, but consider this:
Even though these pianists sometimes came from far away, you offered them the opportunity to play a one-of-a-kind instrument with some very interesting harmonics and dynamics. I think they approached it with honesty and finished with grace.
That's what I was thinking. The first pianist, she can now dine out on the story of the time she played hammerklavier with actual hammers
I totally agree. Also, as long as you pay them for their time I would say it isn't a bad prank. I'm not a professional pianist myself, but even as an amateur I find it fun to play all sorts of unique instruments, so I'm betting she may have found the "prank" kind of funny, but she also may have found the entire experience genuinely fun. Musicians do experiment with getting different sounds, so this really isn't that far off from a real musical experiment and not just a prank. And the musicians also sound really good, too.
@@rooty I actually want to see this design iterated on you could attach a flat metal puck to the front of a standard piano hammer to get the same striking surface but a reduced weight on the keys. The sound is really interesting and I think you have something interesting here if you aimed for function over the meme factor
Wann kommt METALLICA
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10 Million people saw pianists that they might never have if not for your video. Beyond being a moral and paying them for their time, you've enriched the lives of SO many people.
Beautiful, I loved it. I don’t think you made a prank. It is astonishing how it sound. Make some more adjustments, engineer wise and keep them playing.
This video was a treat. I don’t know how I found your channel but I am glad I did.
Yoooooooo wasn't expecting to find a badboyhalo comment on this video 😂
Omg wow I didn’t know I’d see BBH :0
Oh hey you found this randomly too?
Hi BBH :D
All his piano videos are great!
“The piano is fantastic, it’s brown, it’s white, it has everything it needs for a piano” that is the moment I realized I don’t speak pianist
I think she thought that he remade the piano entirely
At that point I expected the sentence to end "... except for the sound."
Would have been a good burn too :-) .
@@Rodhern I love the sound. It sounds less soft, like how old pianos were
@@LegendaryMatroix Fair point. It may indeed have been what was on her mind as well.
@@LegendaryMatroix sounds like a cembalo for me (what they had before piaonos)
These professionals are honestly a credit to the field. It doesn't sound bad, but how they handle the news, and simply endevour to preform the pieces is admirable.
I feel like I’m living in the 1700’s listening to this. It actually has an relatively semi-authentic sound in comparison to some 200 year old pianos. Enjoyed👍
At 23:35 I was like “this sounds so familiar, is it from another anime?” Then I hit rewind and got Rick Roll’d for a second time. 😂
😂 she's such a brilliant pianist that she realizes that the piano has been altered, IMMEDIATELY, yet continues to play through without complaint. What a master of her craft! ❤️
Also: she played really good.
@@sebastianwendl603 without a doubt!
He told her off the bat the piano was modified, though- she knew it when she agreed to come play it.
Beautifully...
It’s pretty obvious that the piano has been altered just by pressing a key, you don’t even have to be a musician to know that
Dude, OF COURSE you didn't get reactions. You hired professionals & people at the top of their game. They'd die before offending a client. 😂
ive found you twice now 👁👄👁
Wonderful.
Exactly. Rembrandt could paint a beautiful portrait with a toothbrush if he wanted to. And im sure if a patron asked him to he would ;)
@@stevenrogersfineart4224 absolutely. When he told these consummate professionals that he had created the piano when he hired them, he pretty much guaranteed that he'd get no reactions & definitely no negative responses about the piano's quality or sound.
If he's the dude hiring them & paying him, he's going to be the last person they ever tell what they really think about the piano if it's negative (because he might tell other people in the music world & tank their career from their perspective). That's just the reality of it. These people are professionals so they are going to act...gasp...professional, No. Matter. What.
The show must go on & all that. They were giving him exactly what he claimed he wanted...someone talented to help him be able to sell his new instrument to who he told them he was planning on selling it to. I'm honestly baffled that he really thought he'd get anything else to be completely honest. His awkwardness is pretty funny though.
Getting kids from the local high school who play piano probably would have given him what he wanted if he left out that he's the builder of the piano.
@@stevenrogersfineart4224 Something akin to the following ad:
Wanted for a focus group:
Musicians who play piano to test an altered piano on loan from the builder to get honest feedback about the sound & playability.
Pay: $75 for an hour.
Email to set up an appointment & to get the set music.
If you altered the hammer heads to be lighter and more agile, this would be my favorite alto-piano. It makes a beautiful sound. I think you did prank yourself.
I completely agree with this, maybe this could be optimized using a lighter metal, or maybe plastic hammers with a metal head for striking the strings.
true, but I don't think his goal was for it to sound amazing, just good enough and to have actual hammers that he bought from the hardware store in it xD
@@dailydriver5568 Yes, maybe even make hammers smaller. Like the size of a finger.
@@oveja9975 That wasn't the goal, that's why it's so funny that it sounds so good.
It sounds strangely like a harpsichord or hammer dulcimer. I love the sound.
She gave me chills! 14:44
you could just tell them the truth - that you have a youtube channel where you modify pianos in crazy ways and need a real pianist to play it to see how it sounds. No anxiety and they're in on the joke.
And honestly, some of the musicians I know would be like "Hell yeah, I know exactly the song that's going to be royally amazing, and something that will be utterly horrible on that, let's GO!"
I think he wanted a surprised reaction from them though; if they already knew to expect a crazy modification, they wouldn’t be surprised by the hammers.
The followers wanted the "surprise" because that's the trend right now.
@@SwedishNeo culturally, it just seems strange haha. I think the 'surprise' trend is bigger in America and the UK
@@TeenDream888
Idk, I kinda hate prank channels cause 90 percent of them is just "how big of a jerk can I be before people get mad".
Am I wrong or was the first lady so good she compensated the not working keys with other keys to make that note? Truly a professional she played around the broken piano. Shes GOOD GOOD.
If that’s the case, that’s super dope
Probably not. Classical musicians tend to play only whats written in the score..besides..you don't go adding or changing notes on a Beethoven piece.
@@Victormormusic Not what I said, if you read it. There is more than one way to play the same note on a piano. I said she Compensated the Broken keys by combing others to make the correct notes. You can't alter classical because then it's a different genre. It would be classical contemporary.
I said she is so talented that she was able to diagnose the broken piano just by playing it. I can see you edited your post, so it must have taken you a long time to come up with something stupid to say. Don't try to start some petty comment war by twisting words. If you didn't understand it go read it again.
@@whyzzzcat dude you started out bad..but at the end..it got worse 🤣🤣
Whatever, there's no "combing notes to compensate a non playable key on a Piano" perhaps it was your fertile imagination that made you think that. Don't be ashamed to be ignorant. But next time try to be less of an arrogant fellow, so that people would feel at least a little empathy for you after the ton of nonsense you've just said.
You're probably just 12yo anyway so don't worry, you'll improve someday 😉
@@Victormormusic I suppose you're also the same type of person to tell me there's only one way to play a guitar chord too.
By default I don't like pranks, because many of them are humiliating and of bad taste.
In this case, I saw until the very end and liked because:
1- You became conscious of any issues (distance, health ) the pianist could face
2- you payed them
3- you got pranked by yourself :-) (the first pianos were like this or "worst" )
4- you make your part to make them known by persons (like me) that didn't had the tiny idea of their existence and expertise
5- more importantly, you seem a nice person without malice
So... thank you !!
6- he is begging for subs and likes more than any other TH-camr I've seen!😉
@@ksp-crafter5907 eh, pretty tame compared to some channels I've seen
yeah he pranked him self instead 😂
I have no clue how youtube suggested this video to me(i mean i would love to be ale to play and read music like that or get my memory to work and remember the songs i have practiced 1 million times) but the moment she started playing, i burst into sobs! I can't explain why! I cant even tell if it was sadness or what kind of emotion. Maybe simply awe, i dont think i am PMS'ing either(extra emotionally unstable- then again i am emotionally unstable 24/7-365) It really took me by surprise. I think it had something to do with her excitement to come in and play, her openness to the whole situation and then the passion that came bursting from her hands and face, the pleasure she clearly exuded at playing. Met with the beautiful sound of the piano! Even when she sat back down for the quick burst of Chopin, it gave me the same reaction all over again! I sobbed through the entire first song- start to finish. It seems, Mattias, you were trying to prank her. But you and the rest of us got pranked by the sheer beauty of this video. I am only halfway through, and now i am going to watch the rest to see what the heck you talked about for another 15 min since she left!
I appreciate this video, thank you. And thanks to youtube for showing it to me ❤
Edit: ok... so wow. The second woman, i see now it wasn't all talking! The first song she played is one of my favorites too, the song you said was your choice! I used to hear it in the massage room at a spa i was working and i searched for it and found it! Tokyo Anime was so beautiful also, never heard that. and beethovin was amazing. Her poor fingers! I was feeling bad for her hands! But she made some good cash and a uniqe experience so... not feeling TOO bad for her hands. ha!
The first one sounded so good. The moment she started playing I was like, yeah , this is it. And she did it effortlessly. And she wasn't even surprised even a bit that keys were heavy or anything. She just played it. True artist.
Fuckin NAILS megalovania: "there was some wrong notes."
Bro she really is a pro
Right!? Musicians are soooo hard on themselves! 😅
@@angelzfire312 we have to be haha
She REALLY got into that song. Like it speaks to her.
To be fair even a single mistake makes you unhappy about a song because it stands out so much
@@Zenith_682 no kidding man I play violin and everyone tells me I did fine but I can never be satisfied. It’s kind of a blessing and a curse 😅
If the pro pianist got paid, then it wasn't a prank. It was a paid gig. Respect for the awesome piano ladies (and for the husband too)!
True, I think this is more interesting than a reaction like "woah are those hammers?"
PAGE TURNER!!!!!!!!
Her professional page turner @Gabriel Cornea
I have to say the lady professional pianist made a piano with real hammers sounds better than old out of tune pianos. She was brilliant.
The funny thing is, his “story” was that he modifies pianos. So they were already expecting a not-normal piano.
Great vid though! Cool piano and very talented pianists!
mission accomplished
"It's unlike anything I've ever heard before." Is just about the highest praise you can get from a professional musician. I woulda teared up with success right then and there
The reason her resume is so long: She never turns down a gig (even this one)
But that experience shows
That's how you get good at something.
I think that will look good on her resume:
2020 Played on a piano with REAL hammers.
@@mr.cantsay unless you’re asked to play like eddie van halen for a guitar gig when you literally just learned to play smoke on the water
Now she can add hammer piano player!