So this project was actually terrible. Like I don’t regret it. But damn, I cut out sooo much of the actual problems on this video. I’m either just extremely stupid or I had really bad luck with this project 😳
It's the second one, you are an amazing engineer, hope the next video will be easier and more light work for you (Though I do know there's the other guitar string video) (I'm an engineer)
And raw material price is also increasing in China. Like that actually happened in the last two months. Was wondering why that happened. (Though it's more about stainless steel, not aluminium.)
I am new to his channel and it's not like some comedy channel. This one actually had a very sad part. I am not sure if it's his raw emotion or what, but I laugh more, or literally laugh, on a single video more than any other on YT.
Let me know some really terrible video ideas I’m not sure exactly what to do next EDIT: Thank you for the ideas, I’ve been reading all of them and I think I have a strong list now
Can I make a suggestion? I think if you redid this but with applying rubber feet on the forks and then re-tuning them you would be able to hear the strike better and avoid the deterioration problem. You could also run this where you replace the strings with the appropriate fork and is then struck by the hammer.
@@Mattiaskrantz Not sure if these videos are that good for your mental health tbh. But I like it. Next video cuddling with kittens for 200h? Congrats for succeeding with this idea and for 700k subs!
when you got to the part where you messed up the dampers, I relived every failed project I've ever given up on. Seeing you push through and fix each problem is inspiring, truly,
Yeah, I was honestly a little meh on this whole project, and actually wasn't going to give it a like... until I got to about 27:38, and then the self-trolling factor just kinda made me laugh so much, I had to give a like to counter my guilt over the Schadenfreude. :D
Out of respect for this man, and the effort, time, and money that he put into this project, I watched this whole thing without skipping any of it. The outro, the ad break, everything. And though that may not sound like a lot, I'm supposed to be studying for a test. For you, Mattias. I'm procrastinating for you ✌️ Love you man, thanks for this video
This video is just an emotional rollercoaster, it's showing a true creative TH-cam creator putting his entire emotional self into a project; dedicated to the success of a project as if the subscribers take priority over his own happiness. Good job buddy!
"I made the only piano that can never be put back in tune." No, you found a way to torture people with absolute pitch, making their pain gradually worse. You truly are an engineer.
Mattias Krantz: "It's called a dulcitone. I still can't believe that thing _actually_ already exists…." Also Mattias Krantz: _literally creates a variant dulcimer_
The strings will also not resonate at the forks frequency, but instead at the string’s own resonance frequency, so if the strings loosen the frequency will drop and retune itself right after the note is played.
Solution: 1. Invent piano playing robot. 2. Have said robot play songs with a note distribution that ensures the forks all detune the same (got to have much more bass notes, as they take more wear to detune one whole tone compared to the high pitch ones). 3. Gradually move the piano closer to a black hole, using time dilation to compensate the increase in resonance frequency. From our point of view the pitch forks will then still appear to be in tune, problem solved.
just take out the strings and replace with something hard that absorbs sound, maybe? plexiglass? that way the forks still strike a surface hard enough to resonate, but the sound created by the object struck can be mitigated?
Most expensive products are sold by dealers of some sort, because manufacturers don't usually go direct to consumer, and a lot of the time they don't like to go through big-box stores because that's not profitable. Think of cars, motorcycles and bikes. You'd go to a Yamaha motorcycle dealer for a Yamaha motorcycle. Likewise, you'd go to a Yamaha piano dealer for a Yamaha piano. Dealer is basically a fancy word for a retailer that sells only one type of product.
Not.. into.. music? But I am Lorde 😢 I'm not saying you're wrong for not listening to artists (me most importantly) but I didn't care for music when I suffered from depression; so you might enjoy music after some therapy! Unless you're built different, genetically speaking. Autistic.
"I actually made the only piano that when it goes out of tune, it will never go back in tune again." I think they call that "planned obsolescence" these days. Give Apple a call and tell them you have plans for an iPiano.
@@Alienking01 that could be true. But i don't think it's for that reason. See, he's not comparing pianos side by side, instead he treats them individually. So yeah, maybe he is using the same song for that reason but if he was, the only thing this thing does to me is the will to jump from a bridge.
25:25 the song is River Flows In You by Yiruma. Took me a while to find (Shazam struggled with the tuning forks lol) but hopefully anyone looking sees this
As an independent mechanic with my own shop, I've learned the hard way that doing everything one step at a time is more disastrous than doing all the steps on one side first before moving to the other side in case I find a short cut that'll save me time and resources on the other vs destroying everything or doing it all incorrectly. Fascinating fails my friend. Glad to see such motivation to succeed.
Let’s just say that this man just combined the music box sound and piano sound together and believe me that even though Matthias went through so much I think he has made the best one yet and I want a sample of the audio. No jokes this piano should travel around the world for everyone to listen to
Okay I'm not done with the video yet but I'm at 23:15 and following you through this hellish process and seeing how many times something went wrong but instead of just give up on the project or break it even (which is where I probably would have been tbh). Seeing you take care of the pieces even when you had to take them all back off again which was probably one of the hardest things I've watched but it was so impressive, seriously. You've got grit, dedication, and a mental strength that is pretty remarkable. So, thank you for sticking with the project and posting about it because this made my night and gave me a deeper perspective on some things in life. Thanks man, cheers!
I love the honesty he approaches these projects with, makes no bones about the fact he's kinda flying by the seat of his pants, and while definitely clever and creative, is obviously learning as he's going, and it's pretty cool to see the time and money being put into these projects. Seeing the tuning fork company fearing being bought out by a reseller or just happy to cash in and jacking the price almost double (edit: raised by quadruple....and prob gonna keep rising....) is pretty sad/funny too. 25:30 worth it.
Food for thought: Don't think of it as "going out of tune," think of it as "developing character." It's a piano that, if you built 100 identical copies, each copy would, by design, sound unique and different to all the others after a sufficient amount of play time. That's something special, in and of itself, I think.
Yeah, I think most people don't realize that musical notes don't have an exact/correct frequency. As long as the notes are the right frequencies relative to each other, then a little bit of drift from the normal frequencies is okay.
@Will Jarrett I took me fucking forever but I finally found it. I am a terrible human being so if someone else is looking for it too and reads this, GOOD LUCK!
I was wondering how a Dulcitone is made so that the tuning forks don't wear down and go out of tune there... Apparently the hammers are covered with felt. Maybe you need felt strings ;)
A classic trick in synthesizers is to detune one oscillator a bit up, and the other one a bit down, to make a richer sound. Could work in real life too?
@@Jononor That's pretty much how piano strings already work because you can't tune them exactly down to the cent and keep them there. Also, string ensembles employ the same 'trick' because the tuning of each of the instruments will vary.
You should sell any leftover holey tuning forks as merch. I totally want a random note tuning fork from your crazy experiments. Looking forward to seeing what poor piano tuner or pianist you get to play / work on the piano.
I think my favourite thing is how you show every mistake and failure. Internet is so embellished with only positive, we forget the real effort behind it all... It makes the result so much more rewarding and impressive.
"I just used math to solve a problem in real life" Mattias, you are the question in a math book that will never apply to real life. "Mattias is replacing the hammers on a piano with tuning forks. Work out what angle they need to be"
It's so nice to see despite all the difficulties and things so often not going as initially planned, you manage to pull yourself back up. Not easy 💪👍 Subscribed
Hey Mattias I am actually a person who tunes pianos and I can give you info on how you can do a better job when tuning! You should keep your hand on the tuning hammer while your raising the pitch of the string while applying force while having your elbow on the piano, also for a piano that stays in tune for a longer period of time, you basically go slightly sharp and then ease off while slightly moving the tuning lever around applying force in the counter clockwise direction!
@@jared3mac tuning a piano is a little different from a guitar but it has the same properties as when tuning a piano, although there are a lot of strings and there are 3 for most notes so it’s a difficult job.
@@jared3mac the reasoning behind it is a technique called setting the string. You come down on the pitch while hitting the key really hard and that sets the tuning pin just very slightly flat. If you don't come down on to the pitch and set the string so that it goes down to the right pitch, the first person to play Rachmaninoff will quite literally knock the piano out of tune. It's very annoying trying to learn how to do it so that it doesn't take 30 tries for every single string
@@jared3mac as a guitar player for about 15 years, I never tune up from flat to perfectly in tune. Ever. Your strings will drop flat as you play, especially new strings. Always tune sharp and play for a few minutes to “break them in” and let the string tension drop naturally down to being in tune, then fine tune it from there
Depends on the goal though, if it was to make a fantastic new instrument then yeah it was probably a waste, however if the goal was content then considering this already has half a million views in a few days then I suppose it isn't a waste.
You truly are the embodiment of patience and endurance...even if the projects never turn out as expected, the amount of effort and work you do to push past the frustrations really do inspire a lot of us Mattias! :)
hi Mattias, you could actually retune your piano by adding a tuning fork to the end and retune all the tuning forks to the next available note below if it goes higher with wear, so each one would move up or down one note depending if it goes higher or lower with wear, you just grind the rest of the worn keys down a tone/semitone a lot of work but you don't seem shy of hard work and you have a lot of patience so good job and well done.
You should tune a piano, to play your favorite song by tuning all the keys in that order. So if your song have 55 keys, you should be able to hit the lowest note and work your way up, and the piano will play the song.
Your ability to push past your errors is inspiring to say the least haha. I wonder what sort of chaos you could cause on a toy piano though. Would the miniature size make it more difficult to work around or is it roughly the same?
Maybe you should write a song called "While My Piano Gently Weeps" (LOL). I have severe tinnitus so I have a background noise around C#. My Aunt was a piano and violin teacher and could never get me to play on the pitch. I can barely play a FM radio. I admire your tenacity it reminds me of most of my projects that seem like a good idea at the time.
i like the moment (27:27) when he realized that the forks would wear from the strikes over time and cause the weight to change. “I made the only piano that once it goes out of tune it can never go back in tune. I’m an engineer!”
I would have decided "this is too hard, it's never going to work, there's too many problems coming up, it's impossible" but you just kept going, it's minding blowing how much some people can do with enough dedication.
I figured the fork seller thought a reseller was buying him out, and jacked his prices to make whatever money they feared they were leaving on the table....or just $$ in the eyes greedy...
Dude, you're actually insane! That level of determination to take on this project and to keep going with all those problems is incredible! Well done 🙂👍
Funny thing is, you are probably right. Most likely it's a reseller who bought in bulk from Alibaba or similar distributers. I think they were trying out higher prices and supply since they all sold out so easy. If they are inexperienced and/or don't have some funds left, they would be stuck with a bunch of inventory they can't sell now Mattias' project is done. Edit: Got curious and found the seller. They still have 100 fork sets in stock for around 70$. The set costs 22$ on Alibaba (for bigger orders). The seller also has a lot of different stuff (made in China) available.
Seriously the amount of work you put into this is incredible, I think it sounds sick and once the bass notes get done (if they get done, no pressure) I would for sure buy a VST of this
First time viewing this channel. And I have never in my 52 years seen such a brilliant dum dum. So strange though. I have perfect pitch and can tune instruments (stringed) by ear. But I cannot play (very well) nor can I read music. This fellow apparently cannot tune his instrument without a tuner (damned phone) but can play extremely well. This young man is gifted. Intelligent and talented yet humble.
@@ferretyluv Thank you for saying that. But I'm already in my later years and almost finished with the career that I chose decades ago. What I wanted to do when I was young was automobile paint and body work. As well as being a mechanic. The idea was to restore old cars that had been discarded, abandoned or just written off as junk. And I do possess those talents as well. It just wasn't the path that I went down... Or was led to. Since those who aren't fortunate enough to have been born to wealthy parents so not always have a choice as to what their careers will be. Anyways, yea I'll be retiring in the next 5-7 years. And I've been squiring tools and equipment to outfit my garage in order to restore a few cars. As a hobby, but most of all, for MY SANITY. Since I've been restoring cars in my mind as I drive this truck over and over and over again for 3 decades. I'm going to have to do at least 3 before the long, black train pulls into the station and the bell tolls for me. I've no children so.... The cars I do will be the only legacy that I leave. You didn't ask for that long explanation but your comment seemed sincere, so..... There's that.
@@lilmike2710 That’s okay, I like hearing stories. Even those of us fortunate to be born to well-off (not necessarily wealthy) parents don’t always have a say in our futures either. Im sure your perfect pitch comes in handy when a car makes a funny noise and you can tell right off the bat what’s wrong with it.
@@ferretyluv YES!!!! You're exactly right 👍 I certainly can, and do quite often. My friends cars will be on the fritz and I've heard the various noises coming from under their hoods, then informed them of their issue(s). Then after they've seen a mechanic and that exact thing turned out to be the case, 🤣 they accuse me of being some sort of brilliant mechanic wizard 😆. No, I just A. understand engines, and B. have a good ear... Nothing "brilliant" about it. 😊 Stay humble my friend..
@@lilmike2710 I was going to say that pitch discrimination also comes in handy for changing gearbox speeds without synchromesh. As a crude example, I have a Swedish milling machine with a two speed motor (2 poles vs 4 poles, 2900 rpm vs 1450) and most people cannot change speeds on the fly, but it's quite straightforward to change down if you realise you can switch off the top speed, let it coast down an octave, then switch to low speed. Works in any gear, in this case... Even for vehicle gearboxes, where the ratio gaps are all different, it's not necessary to have absolute pitch, it might even be a hindrance (because it relies on a fixed datum in long term memory, where an engine speed is infinitely variable). Relative pitch is what's needed (which is almost universal among accomplished musicians). I'm pretty sure almost everyone can judge an octave, though!
Got exactly what I came here for: a swedish engineer destroying a piano beyond repair. 💜💜 Love your videos Mattias. Who knows what you will be doing to a piano next. Definitely looking forward to the next project.
This was one of the most informative and entertaining and funny videos I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. Its truly remarkable your tenacity and patience. Perhaps the impatient parts were edited out, i don’t know. I love how you snubbed NASA to stay on point. I was looking for videos showing how tuning forks were made and stumbled onto yours. I’m so impressed. I’m 53 and have always wanted to play piano but have made zero effort in that direction. You, my friend, have inspired to me to pursue this dream. To be more specific, you have helped me to remember that I had this dream in the first place. I had long forgotten it. As a man searching for any inspiration I can find and finding very little, you might possibly have inspired me to change my life in a dramatic and lovely way. I wanted you to know this and I wanted to thank you as this is what I have been searching for as tears of hope and joy stream down my face. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You should do a video about “buying the weirdest /unique pianos” then maybe you’ll have a greater understanding of what’s possible while simultaneously having some fun in the meantime.
Man I love that your projects actually show the struggle of building something interesting or new. So many people would just post the beginning and end or try and keep it lighthearted like this stuff is easy. I wish more people would show their struggles in designing this stuff.
From 21:10 this part actually made me really sad. I nearly cried with you. So much time spent on something that wasn't worth it. I hope you took some positivity out of this issue and the fact you came back from it is incredible. You are such an inspiration Mattias and your determination is unbelievable. I've enjoyed all your builds so far so much! Keep up the amazing work, I look forward to more crazy and cool builds to come!
Aw man, I've watched two videos of yours now including this one, and I wonder how you're not bankrupt from all the expense. But credit to you for being the one to go out there, make all the mistakes and wear all the failures. At least one tuning fork supplier is now able to retire because of you, I'm sure.
Oh my god, yes. I almost missed it, but this phrase sounded so wrong that I specifically rewound back to it just so that I would double check that indeed, Mattias made sure that they wrote the assembly instructions correctly. Good job, Mattias, now we know that assembly instructions are actually correct!
Just subscribed. You've hit a really interesting niche between musicians and engineers and I look forward to seeing more from you! Even though the end product didn't work out the way you hoped, the concept and execution were absolutely brilliant and absolutely earned a subscribe.
Imagine what the seller is thinking: "Who is buying all that forks!!! Let's increase the price to earn more" *empties stock "Okay let's do 90$ Jesus" *empties stock "Whatttt"
@@Lendorien I looked it up and found the same set in the video for about 50USD. I guess enough time has passed that they can't price gouge for it anymore. Still a high price from what it was originally at 28USD.
actually it _IS_ ASMR inducing... Just one that you don't have a pleasant association with, yet it's the same physiological response =)) Most people don't realize that the reaction on someone screeching their nails on a slate is also ASMR ^^
The anxiety and panic you suffered for the creation of this piano is honestly just.insane. Thank you for showing us the power of human minds 😂😂😂😂 you gave me strength to get over my anxiety and clean my apartment now finally haha
I’m really impressed by your level of determination. Even when literally everything goes wrong you still manage to get through it and get a good result. 👍 Next, you could make a piano with pedals (like on an organ) and have an organist come try to play it. Basically you just need a big foot keyboard that operates the bass register of the piano. That would be amazing!
As for a regular piano with pedals like on an organ, that's what we call a "pedalier" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_piano) which have been around for quite a while, though they never got especially popular. Modern implementations use two concert grand pianos stacked, but the originals had special linkages for operating on just one piano or set of strings.
there is a similar idea with a floor piano that you essentially play with your feet. Inspiration: So a piano in its most basic component is hitting strings with hammers. Perhapps you could experiment with different hammer or string materials. For hammer different wood types, metals, and (if can can prevent cracking) glass, china or ceramics. For strings try different metal wires and twists(?. like how its winded), rope, bow strings etc.
Just found your channel. I have watched the “swimming pool baby grand piano “, the “real hammers exchange “, and “the tuning fork” Piano. I am located in north east area of Utah, USA. My wife of 37 years, and I were born and raised in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. Coos Bay is a deep sea shipping and fishing port, we also have made crab boats that are featured in the reality show “ DANGEROUS CATCH Crabfishing in the Bering sea” My family is full of concert pianist of the highest sort. Me I have a bad left ear. Spent 40 years milking Jersey cow, and operating three beef farms. Yep, horse, hat, dogs, and pistol . My night job was as REGISTERED NURSE- FLIGHT NURSE, TRAUMA RN, specializing in pediatrics. Did that for 24 years. Did I mention that I am disabled and trying to keep busy. Your videos are cracking me up. You have a great knack for getting into a project very deep. Like the time my wife arrived at our house and I have just finished sawing 1/2 the siding off and cutting off a couple floor joists. She screamed.
I can’t wait to see the flip side on CNBC now that the project is done: “Tuning fork demand collapses overnight, market analysts worry it may have been a bubble that could kick off the next recession”
I'm proud of you for going through all the blood, sweat, and tears required to make this instrument! Especially the commitment of going through with the original plan after learning about the already existing tuning fork instrument. As always, give your beard a congratulatory scratch on my behalf!
So this project was actually terrible. Like I don’t regret it. But damn, I cut out sooo much of the actual problems on this video. I’m either just extremely stupid or I had really bad luck with this project 😳
You are amazing.
Everyone get this guy to a million subs
It's the second one, you are an amazing engineer, hope the next video will be easier and more light work for you
(Though I do know there's the other guitar string video)
(I'm an engineer)
It's what you do Mattias! That is what we are here for!
Even though you didn't like the project, I made me so happy to see you kept going even if things weren't working. This deserve a sub and discord join
Ahh, Mattias single-handedly driving up the global price of tuning forks. Good lesson in supply and demand. 😂
He did that with baby hammers too lmao
"Capitalism"
@@lakotamm “Natural selection.👍”
@@kaleblaatsch6890 Really? What video? What’s it titled
And raw material price is also increasing in China. Like that actually happened in the last two months. Was wondering why that happened.
(Though it's more about stainless steel, not aluminium.)
At some point Mattias will just start building musical instruments from scratch and realize he’s a piano manufacturer
He's an engineer
@@Gabifuertes A piano engineer(?
@@Gabifuertes What kind of engineer?
@@lo-firobotboy7112 probably a bad one
@@FiSH-iSH indeed!
My favorite line, “ I’ve made a piano that can never be tuned, I am an engineer” ……… Hysterical!
I looked before I said it🤣
I am new to his channel and it's not like some comedy channel. This one actually had a very sad part. I am not sure if it's his raw emotion or what, but I laugh more, or literally laugh, on a single video more than any other on YT.
How it started: "I'm going to build a piano that can never go out of tune!"
How it ended: "I built a piano that can't ever be in tune again!"
But it's the next thing he says that really got me. "I'm an engineer."
You would in fact be able to retune it by heating it up. But I'm not actually sure whether that would be a great idea
Lol
"This piano will self-destruct after 48232 notes."
@тαρ мє αи∂ ѕєχ ωιтн мє Layla did the spambot just copy the parent comment lmao
Mattias: spends over $2000 USD dollars on a tuning fork piano
Also Mattias: can't afford a tuning app without ads
Of course he can't, he spent all of his money on tuning forks lmao/
That's when the app defaults to the downloaded ads it comes with.
"2000 dollars US dollars dollars"... I think you overdid it a bit there lol
And also the audio jingle copyright ahahaha
Love the fact, he doesnt care about this
I just hack the ads off all my apps
Let me know some really terrible video ideas I’m not sure exactly what to do next
EDIT: Thank you for the ideas, I’ve been reading all of them and I think I have a strong list now
13:34 👀👀
Video idea: You should engineer a piano that plays the low notes on the right side and the high notes on the left side!
I saw this one of your TH-cam comments so I'm going to say it again. Horse hair instead of piano strings
Can I make a suggestion? I think if you redid this but with applying rubber feet on the forks and then re-tuning them you would be able to hear the strike better and avoid the deterioration problem.
You could also run this where you replace the strings with the appropriate fork and is then struck by the hammer.
@@tajedi think those might already exist
“I tried built a piano that can never go out of tune!”
Electric pianos: am I a joke to you?
Me, a pianist to myself: "don't be that guy! Don't be that guy!"
@@chrispham6599 lmao
My vintage electric piano has a tuning knob because it goes out of tune a little bit after some time.
They can go out of tune as well... nothing on this earth lasts forever.
Even electric organs, like the non wheel based ones, have a tuning knob, I even had a obscure Brazilian one that had a tuning screw for every key
I want to see a whole video series of Matthias independently inventing things which have already existed for hundreds of years.
Hahaha
Lmfao
Nice name
I might do one of all of his pain in one video.
@@Mattiaskrantz You're still replying??
"It's kinda like the Piano is screaming in pain."
Yeah, just like the entire process of making it.
The amount of effort that went into this is insane
I felt it😅
I subscribed only for this reason.. I know nothing about pianos.
@@Mattiaskrantz Not sure if these videos are that good for your mental health tbh.
But I like it. Next video cuddling with kittens for 200h?
Congrats for succeeding with this idea and for 700k subs!
and mental as well, but still an amazing content
when you got to the part where you messed up the dampers, I relived every failed project I've ever given up on. Seeing you push through and fix each problem is inspiring, truly,
Each of these pianos brings this guy to tears but he still keeps making them. Champion of champions.
"What's wrong with Mattias?"
"I don't know, he's just been in that rocking chair cradling a tuning fork and mumbling to himself for days now"
Yeah, I was honestly a little meh on this whole project, and actually wasn't going to give it a like... until I got to about 27:38, and then the self-trolling factor just kinda made me laugh so much, I had to give a like to counter my guilt over the Schadenfreude. :D
@@DavidLindes I just learned a new word XD
@@Duct_Tape_Dame Schadenfreude? Yeah, it's a good word. Glad to help you find it. :) (Or did you mean "meh", or something else? ;) )
@@DavidLindesI was referring to Schadenfreude XD
Out of respect for this man, and the effort, time, and money that he put into this project, I watched this whole thing without skipping any of it. The outro, the ad break, everything. And though that may not sound like a lot, I'm supposed to be studying for a test. For you, Mattias. I'm procrastinating for you ✌️ Love you man, thanks for this video
Same I have chemistry test tomorrow and I am watching the whole video 😂
@@ahlamamr4659 As all of us old hippie drug addicts are wont to say, better living through chemistry!
@@infledermaus what??! I don’t know why I don’t understand the sentence 😅
@@ahlamamr4659 Hard drugs are mad complicated chemistry. LSD, ice and all those need a fair chunk of chemistry knowledge
I skipped through all of it to the end to see him play it, typed this comment, and will now close the video.
You should open an art gallery, ie. a museum of the modified pianos, which are unique art in itself😎 Good job!😃
This video is just an emotional rollercoaster, it's showing a true creative TH-cam creator putting his entire emotional self into a project; dedicated to the success of a project as if the subscribers take priority over his own happiness. Good job buddy!
This is how YT is supposed to be....pure and quality content
"I made the only piano that can never be put back in tune."
No, you found a way to torture people with absolute pitch, making their pain gradually worse. You truly are an engineer.
Finally.
I’m an engineer
@@Mattiaskrantz trust me, I’m an engineer!
@@brighamruud5090 truss me I am too
@@brighamruud5090 what the fuck just happened here
“It’s like the piano is screaming”
It’s reflecting the emotions of its creator 😌
Mattias Krantz: "It's called a dulcitone. I still can't believe that thing _actually_ already exists…."
Also Mattias Krantz: _literally creates a variant dulcimer_
Lol
What’s a variant dulcimer? I can’t find it on Google.
@@ferretyluv he means a different time of dulcitone
Mattias: I will make a piano that can NEVER go out of tune!
Also Mattias: *makes a piano that will always gradually detune... forever*
"I'm an engineer!"
@Hooman Being Nah, just wear on the metal.
The strings will also not resonate at the forks frequency, but instead at the string’s own resonance frequency, so if the strings loosen the frequency will drop and retune itself right after the note is played.
Solution:
1. Invent piano playing robot.
2. Have said robot play songs with a note distribution that ensures the forks all detune the same (got to have much more bass notes, as they take more wear to detune one whole tone compared to the high pitch ones).
3. Gradually move the piano closer to a black hole, using time dilation to compensate the increase in resonance frequency.
From our point of view the pitch forks will then still appear to be in tune, problem solved.
just take out the strings and replace with something hard that absorbs sound, maybe? plexiglass? that way the forks still strike a surface hard enough to resonate, but the sound created by the object struck can be mitigated?
I like how he has a piano "dealer" like he's involved in some sort of piano crime ring
Who says he isn't? A lot of his videos are crimes against pianos and I love it.
He isn't involved in some sort of piano crime ring, he just plays the piano one time and then snorts it
@@flibflob2785 that would expain why he needs and has so many pianos
well he has a white van thats a good start
Most expensive products are sold by dealers of some sort, because manufacturers don't usually go direct to consumer, and a lot of the time they don't like to go through big-box stores because that's not profitable. Think of cars, motorcycles and bikes. You'd go to a Yamaha motorcycle dealer for a Yamaha motorcycle. Likewise, you'd go to a Yamaha piano dealer for a Yamaha piano.
Dealer is basically a fancy word for a retailer that sells only one type of product.
mate, i'm no musician, i'm no engineer, you basically earned my subscription by suffer.
huger persistence and work. congratzz
im not into pianos or music... but the absurd level of willpower placed into this project deserves a subscription
He probably has a lot of followers who only follow him because they're into engineering.
Not.. into.. music? But I am Lorde 😢
I'm not saying you're wrong for not listening to artists (me most importantly) but I didn't care for music when I suffered from depression; so you might enjoy music after some therapy! Unless you're built different, genetically speaking. Autistic.
"I actually made the only piano that when it goes out of tune, it will never go back in tune again."
I think they call that "planned obsolescence" these days. Give Apple a call and tell them you have plans for an iPiano.
He wasn’t lying when he said, “I’m and engineer”
That last sentence was GOOD!
Lol I wish I could like this comment more than once
I love how this dude is just gradually becoming an expert piano technician.
Hundreds of dollars at a time
But just playing the same song over and over again
@@gerardcarulla248 😂
@@gerardcarulla248 That's actually better, for comparing
@@Alienking01 that could be true. But i don't think it's for that reason. See, he's not comparing pianos side by side, instead he treats them individually. So yeah, maybe he is using the same song for that reason but if he was, the only thing this thing does to me is the will to jump from a bridge.
“He asked me if I wanted to jump into the van because he had a surprise waiting for me inside”
_And that's how to kidnap a pianist_
you give me the candy, THEN i get in the van. i know how this works.
I’m not the only one then?
you forgot he is from sweden
And then I had to go meet another dude in his basement...lol
25:25 the song is River Flows In You by Yiruma. Took me a while to find (Shazam struggled with the tuning forks lol) but hopefully anyone looking sees this
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thanks bro I needed
SoundHound and Google Sound Search are much better if you're trying to find something that isn't the exact recording that was officially released.
thank you so much!!!
Oh I thought it was Darude - Sandstorm. Thanks man!
Legend has it, that tuning fork manufacturer is still waiting for him to buy their next set for $150
Lmaoo
Yeah, they probably opened new factory to keep up with demand and now they are figuring out what happened :D
this is like those stupid magic beans in zelda XD
@@slowggles You know that we are not in Zelda now, right? Always these game relations.. get a life man
@@WhiteCranK get a job
As an independent mechanic with my own shop, I've learned the hard way that doing everything one step at a time is more disastrous than doing all the steps on one side first before moving to the other side in case I find a short cut that'll save me time and resources on the other vs destroying everything or doing it all incorrectly. Fascinating fails my friend. Glad to see such motivation to succeed.
Let’s just say that this man just combined the music box sound and piano sound together and believe me that even though Matthias went through so much I think he has made the best one yet and I want a sample of the audio.
No jokes this piano should travel around the world for everyone to listen to
Okay I'm not done with the video yet but I'm at 23:15 and following you through this hellish process and seeing how many times something went wrong but instead of just give up on the project or break it even (which is where I probably would have been tbh). Seeing you take care of the pieces even when you had to take them all back off again which was probably one of the hardest things I've watched but it was so impressive, seriously. You've got grit, dedication, and a mental strength that is pretty remarkable. So, thank you for sticking with the project and posting about it because this made my night and gave me a deeper perspective on some things in life. Thanks man, cheers!
That's what impresses me the most about him. Inspires me to persevere through frustrations.
I love the honesty he approaches these projects with, makes no bones about the fact he's kinda flying by the seat of his pants, and while definitely clever and creative, is obviously learning as he's going, and it's pretty cool to see the time and money being put into these projects.
Seeing the tuning fork company fearing being bought out by a reseller or just happy to cash in and jacking the price almost double (edit: raised by quadruple....and prob gonna keep rising....) is pretty sad/funny too.
25:30 worth it.
Food for thought: Don't think of it as "going out of tune," think of it as "developing character." It's a piano that, if you built 100 identical copies, each copy would, by design, sound unique and different to all the others after a sufficient amount of play time. That's something special, in and of itself, I think.
Someone, please, what song does he start playing at 25:25? I can't remember the name of it and it's been bugging me for days now
Yeah, I think most people don't realize that musical notes don't have an exact/correct frequency. As long as the notes are the right frequencies relative to each other, then a little bit of drift from the normal frequencies is okay.
@Will Jarrett I took me fucking forever but I finally found it. I am a terrible human being so if someone else is looking for it too and reads this, GOOD LUCK!
@@chrisjeaaalbertos3802 river flows in you
@@chrisjeaaalbertos3802 oo you already found it lol
This video is an emotional roller coaster. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a youtuber suffer for their videos so much.
houston jones
@@marcelszekowski315 I meant like physical/emotional stress and stuff
He and the others sacrifice for us for this odd yet weirdly innovation
@@Wolfman-rd1pv okay
I was wondering how a Dulcitone is made so that the tuning forks don't wear down and go out of tune there... Apparently the hammers are covered with felt.
Maybe you need felt strings ;)
I'd love to hear a song on this where the strings are tuned to different notes than the forks, effectively playing two notes with one key
A classic trick in synthesizers is to detune one oscillator a bit up, and the other one a bit down, to make a richer sound. Could work in real life too?
@@Jononor That's pretty much how piano strings already work because you can't tune them exactly down to the cent and keep them there.
Also, string ensembles employ the same 'trick' because the tuning of each of the instruments will vary.
Heard of a clavichord before?
Having the forks an octave higher or lower might sound interesting.
Playing multiple notes at ones is called a "chord" and is quite common.
You should sell any leftover holey tuning forks as merch. I totally want a random note tuning fork from your crazy experiments. Looking forward to seeing what poor piano tuner or pianist you get to play / work on the piano.
"Not a single one of them was in the middle as I wanted."
Center Drill: "Am I a joke to you?"
It actually didn’t even work with a center drill on that machine, so yes..
Di däringa nya börrmässekinera di ärlå ba shkcrrrrääp di. Forrealz.
I think my favourite thing is how you show every mistake and failure. Internet is so embellished with only positive, we forget the real effort behind it all... It makes the result so much more rewarding and impressive.
I know this has been a nightmare to do, but I'm glad it's finally here, gonna watch it now, thank you for making it!
Ooh yes. Ooh yes. Thanks for keeping track of the nightmare on community posts haha
@@Mattiaskrantz your videos are mind blowingly amaze I recenty found you and binged your videos keep it up and liked all videos also
שלום, אתה ישראלי?
@@Mattiaskrantz tell me, was it worth it in the end? Ya know, did the everything pay off the 2000 dollars worth of the project..?
"I just used math to solve a problem in real life"
Mattias, you are the question in a math book that will never apply to real life.
"Mattias is replacing the hammers on a piano with tuning forks. Work out what angle they need to be"
Depends on the position and key of the fork in the piano, teacher.
Hahaha I never thought angles would play such an important role in my life🤣
@@Mattiaskrantz they were playing a piano, not a roll (unless you are planning 'I put rollers on my piano' 😉).
sorry
Matthias is our cousin, Throckmorton.
"Matthias just bought 3 boxes of tuning forks for $90 each. How many days does he have left before he starves in a room full of metal shavings?"
I died a little inside when he spent so much time grinding that the farmer's dog befriended him. Well done.
It is his parents farm afaik.
his grandma's farm, actually! pretty sure the mom voice said "farmor has three," farmor = dad's mom in swedish
It's so nice to see despite all the difficulties and things so often not going as initially planned, you manage to pull yourself back up. Not easy 💪👍 Subscribed
Hey Mattias I am actually a person who tunes pianos and I can give you info on how you can do a better job when tuning! You should keep your hand on the tuning hammer while your raising the pitch of the string while applying force while having your elbow on the piano, also for a piano that stays in tune for a longer period of time, you basically go slightly sharp and then ease off while slightly moving the tuning lever around applying force in the counter clockwise direction!
That's really interesting - when you're tuning a guitar you're taught to always tune up to the note from slightly flat.
@@jared3mac tuning a piano is a little different from a guitar but it has the same properties as when tuning a piano, although there are a lot of strings and there are 3 for most notes so it’s a difficult job.
Wow, this is inspired me to make my won piano channel, It would mean the world to me if you could subscribe and help me on my journey with music :)))
@@jared3mac the reasoning behind it is a technique called setting the string. You come down on the pitch while hitting the key really hard and that sets the tuning pin just very slightly flat. If you don't come down on to the pitch and set the string so that it goes down to the right pitch, the first person to play Rachmaninoff will quite literally knock the piano out of tune. It's very annoying trying to learn how to do it so that it doesn't take 30 tries for every single string
@@jared3mac as a guitar player for about 15 years, I never tune up from flat to perfectly in tune. Ever. Your strings will drop flat as you play, especially new strings. Always tune sharp and play for a few minutes to “break them in” and let the string tension drop naturally down to being in tune, then fine tune it from there
Mattias: I hope I didn't waste my life doing this
Everyone: Yeah no you did as usual champ
Depends on the goal though, if it was to make a fantastic new instrument then yeah it was probably a waste, however if the goal was content then considering this already has half a million views in a few days then I suppose it isn't a waste.
@@AusExplorer yeah. But- who summoned all these internet bots damn
You truly are the embodiment of patience and endurance...even if the projects never turn out as expected, the amount of effort and work you do to push past the frustrations really do inspire a lot of us Mattias! :)
Thank you Nathan!!🤝🤝
so true
hi Mattias, you could actually retune your piano by adding a tuning fork to the end and retune all the tuning forks to the next available note below if it goes higher with wear, so each one would move up or down one note depending if it goes higher or lower with wear, you just grind the rest of the worn keys down a tone/semitone a lot of work but you don't seem shy of hard work and you have a lot of patience so good job and well done.
You should tune a piano, to play your favorite song by tuning all the keys in that order. So if your song have 55 keys, you should be able to hit the lowest note and work your way up, and the piano will play the song.
Music box..
Perfectly said 👏👏👏👏👏
@@OrangeColt say music box without saying music box
@@reyariass cool sounds cube
music box
Your ability to push past your errors is inspiring to say the least haha. I wonder what sort of chaos you could cause on a toy piano though. Would the miniature size make it more difficult to work around or is it roughly the same?
Thank you! Hmmm toy pianos are cool. It would need to be something really tricky to put on them since it would be so few keys🧐🧐🧐
@@Mattiaskrantz build a big piano out of toy pianos ?
@@Taliesin6 omg yes
@@Mattiaskrantz Maracas.
Maybe you should write a song called "While My Piano Gently Weeps" (LOL). I have severe tinnitus so I have a background noise around C#. My Aunt was a piano and violin teacher and could never get me to play on the pitch. I can barely play a FM radio. I admire your tenacity it reminds me of most of my projects that seem like a good idea at the time.
While my piano gently screams 😂
i like the moment (27:27) when he realized that the forks would wear from the strikes over time and cause the weight to change. “I made the only piano that once it goes out of tune it can never go back in tune. I’m an engineer!”
I would have decided "this is too hard, it's never going to work, there's too many problems coming up, it's impossible" but you just kept going, it's minding blowing how much some people can do with enough dedication.
At this point the tuning fork seller must be looking at Mattias' order and just say to himself "Ah, yes, my favourite customer."
More laughing to themselves “this idiot doesn’t know about alibaba”
I figured the fork seller thought a reseller was buying him out, and jacked his prices to make whatever money they feared they were leaving on the table....or just $$ in the eyes greedy...
Dude, you're actually insane! That level of determination to take on this project and to keep going with all those problems is incredible! Well done 🙂👍
Thank youu!!
Your tenacity and problem solving skills are out of this world! So creative and it looks so pretty when you’re playing it!
Seller then: "Prices must be raised, we'll be rich!"
Seller now: "Spare a coin for an ol' tunin' fork peddler?"
Funny thing is, you are probably right. Most likely it's a reseller who bought in bulk from Alibaba or similar distributers. I think they were trying out higher prices and supply since they all sold out so easy. If they are inexperienced and/or don't have some funds left, they would be stuck with a bunch of inventory they can't sell now Mattias' project is done.
Edit: Got curious and found the seller. They still have 100 fork sets in stock for around 70$. The set costs 22$ on Alibaba (for bigger orders). The seller also has a lot of different stuff (made in China) available.
@@adrianl8429 rip 100 fork sets not sold
@@adrianl8429 lmaaooo
@@adrianl8429 oh no poor seller
@Interlace don't hate the player hate the game. That's capitalism buddy.
Seriously the amount of work you put into this is incredible, I think it sounds sick and once the bass notes get done (if they get done, no pressure) I would for sure buy a VST of this
Love you! I’ll fix them I have an idea😍
Even a kontakt library would be amazing.
The look of ponder then the big moment you realize “you’re an engineer”. That was brilliant
Trust me, I’m an engineer!
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First time viewing this channel. And I have never in my 52 years seen such a brilliant dum dum.
So strange though. I have perfect pitch and can tune instruments (stringed) by ear. But I cannot play (very well) nor can I read music. This fellow apparently cannot tune his instrument without a tuner (damned phone) but can play extremely well. This young man is gifted. Intelligent and talented yet humble.
Dude, use your talent and be a piano tuner.
@@ferretyluv Thank you for saying that. But I'm already in my later years and almost finished with the career that I chose decades ago.
What I wanted to do when I was young was automobile paint and body work. As well as being a mechanic. The idea was to restore old cars that had been discarded, abandoned or just written off as junk.
And I do possess those talents as well. It just wasn't the path that I went down... Or was led to.
Since those who aren't fortunate enough to have been born to wealthy parents so not always have a choice as to what their careers will be.
Anyways, yea I'll be retiring in the next 5-7 years.
And I've been squiring tools and equipment to outfit my garage in order to restore a few cars.
As a hobby, but most of all, for MY SANITY. Since I've been restoring cars in my mind as I drive this truck over and over and over again for 3 decades. I'm going to have to do at least 3 before the long, black train pulls into the station and the bell tolls for me.
I've no children so.... The cars I do will be the only legacy that I leave.
You didn't ask for that long explanation but your comment seemed sincere, so..... There's that.
@@lilmike2710 That’s okay, I like hearing stories. Even those of us fortunate to be born to well-off (not necessarily wealthy) parents don’t always have a say in our futures either.
Im sure your perfect pitch comes in handy when a car makes a funny noise and you can tell right off the bat what’s wrong with it.
@@ferretyluv YES!!!! You're exactly right 👍 I certainly can, and do quite often. My friends cars will be on the fritz and I've heard the various noises coming from under their hoods, then informed them of their issue(s). Then after they've seen a mechanic and that exact thing turned out to be the case, 🤣 they accuse me of being some sort of brilliant mechanic wizard 😆.
No, I just A. understand engines, and B. have a good ear... Nothing "brilliant" about it. 😊
Stay humble my friend..
@@lilmike2710 I was going to say that pitch discrimination also comes in handy for changing gearbox speeds without synchromesh. As a crude example, I have a Swedish milling machine with a two speed motor (2 poles vs 4 poles, 2900 rpm vs 1450) and most people cannot change speeds on the fly, but it's quite straightforward to change down if you realise you can switch off the top speed, let it coast down an octave, then switch to low speed. Works in any gear, in this case...
Even for vehicle gearboxes, where the ratio gaps are all different, it's not necessary to have absolute pitch, it might even be a hindrance (because it relies on a fixed datum in long term memory, where an engine speed is infinitely variable). Relative pitch is what's needed (which is almost universal among accomplished musicians). I'm pretty sure almost everyone can judge an octave, though!
Got exactly what I came here for: a swedish engineer destroying a piano beyond repair. 💜💜
Love your videos Mattias. Who knows what you will be doing to a piano next. Definitely looking forward to the next project.
Fam, this is actually insane.
A truckload of effort was put into this, and I applaud every bit of it.
Thank youuu❤️
Dude you're insane, i can't imagine the amounts of oddly specific knowledge you've accumulated from doing this
This was one of the most informative and entertaining and funny videos I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. Its truly remarkable your tenacity and patience. Perhaps the impatient parts were edited out, i don’t know. I love how you snubbed NASA to stay on point. I was looking for videos showing how tuning forks were made and stumbled onto yours. I’m so impressed. I’m 53 and have always wanted to play piano but have made zero effort in that direction. You, my friend, have inspired to me to pursue this dream. To be more specific, you have helped me to remember that I had this dream in the first place. I had long forgotten it. As a man searching for any inspiration I can find and finding very little, you might possibly have inspired me to change my life in a dramatic and lovely way. I wanted you to know this and I wanted to thank you as this is what I have been searching for as tears of hope and joy stream down my face. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This man never fails to impress me
Thank you friend❤️
@@Mattiaskrantz You should work part time at ikea so you can afford those overpriced forks
You should do a video about “buying the weirdest /unique pianos” then maybe you’ll have a greater understanding of what’s possible while simultaneously having some fun in the meantime.
Look up Furby Organ. You're welcome ;)
"I am an engineer." You crack me up. My husband is an engineer, and he says it that way, too. :D
Hahahh I’m not suprised he do! Tell him I’m an engineer from me
Makes it sound a lot brighter than a normal piano
“he asked me if i wanted to jump into the van”
aw man, welp… that it for Mattias
Hahaha he really knew how to get me in
Never get in the van man... that's how they get you. 😨
"i have candy er i mean, pianos"
Man I love that your projects actually show the struggle of building something interesting or new. So many people would just post the beginning and end or try and keep it lighthearted like this stuff is easy. I wish more people would show their struggles in designing this stuff.
The perseverance, the passion, the humor, everything about your work is incredible.
You claim to be an engineer but you're (also) an artist Mattias !
Wow, this is inspired me to make my won piano channel, It would mean the world to me if you could subscribe and help me on my journey with music :)))
From 21:10 this part actually made me really sad. I nearly cried with you. So much time spent on something that wasn't worth it. I hope you took some positivity out of this issue and the fact you came back from it is incredible. You are such an inspiration Mattias and your determination is unbelievable. I've enjoyed all your builds so far so much! Keep up the amazing work, I look forward to more crazy and cool builds to come!
Aw man, I've watched two videos of yours now including this one, and I wonder how you're not bankrupt from all the expense. But credit to you for being the one to go out there, make all the mistakes and wear all the failures. At least one tuning fork supplier is now able to retire because of you, I'm sure.
I checked Amazon, those tuning forks are $48.99
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@@hiddenbread2728 in your country at this point in time
This was the most painful Mattias video I have watched, bless him and his perseverance.
“The first piano that’ll never go out of tune”
Electronic pianos: are we a joke to you?
Yes
@@Mattiaskrantz _sad noises_
@@monika.alt197 that really hertz😳
lol
@@Mattiaskrantz 😐
Your videos are unique bro. Dont lose hope when making them. The whole 30 mins watch is worth it. Watched all of it and loved it.
Extremely impressive. These videos just get better and better, thoroughly enjoying it.
Awww❤️❤️❤️❤️
"I made sure that they wrote the assembly instructions correctly." I laughed so hard at this 🤣
Hahaha
Oh my god, yes. I almost missed it, but this phrase sounded so wrong that I specifically rewound back to it just so that I would double check that indeed, Mattias made sure that they wrote the assembly instructions correctly. Good job, Mattias, now we know that assembly instructions are actually correct!
@@MobButcher i dont get it
@@improvingguitarist1595 if the instructions weren't correct, he would have failed to assemble the tool (because he is definitely an engineer)
Same
Just subscribed. You've hit a really interesting niche between musicians and engineers and I look forward to seeing more from you! Even though the end product didn't work out the way you hoped, the concept and execution were absolutely brilliant and absolutely earned a subscribe.
You don't have to be a musician or engineer to like his video
there's a level of artistic beauty to a piano that can never be re-tuned, and hearing its song change as it grows weary from playing
We will miss the piano tech guy. And to think that their friendship was finally flourishing...
Going by Mathias' past I would not be surprised if he ended up moving house again just to be near to the piano tech.
Yeah I mean I haven’t talked to him for a while but maybe he wanna drive here if I pay the drive. I’m not sure haven’t talked with him about it
Invite him for dinner
@@JPMeijers he has plenty of forks to use
@@Mattiaskrantz Reach out to give him a copy of the hammer clavier pack…he earned it. 😅
Spends so recklessly that he needs two sponsors in one video. I respect it.
Your profile picture is pure cringe
Imagine what the seller is thinking:
"Who is buying all that forks!!! Let's increase the price to earn more"
*empties stock
"Okay let's do 90$ Jesus"
*empties stock
"Whatttt"
I wonder what they raised the price to now. Going to be sadly disappointed after this!
@@Lendorien I looked it up and found the same set in the video for about 50USD. I guess enough time has passed that they can't price gouge for it anymore. Still a high price from what it was originally at 28USD.
The sound of filing a running fork is like the opposite of ASMR-inducing.
Some kind of evil anti ASMR.
actually it _IS_ ASMR inducing... Just one that you don't have a pleasant association with, yet it's the same physiological response =)) Most people don't realize that the reaction on someone screeching their nails on a slate is also ASMR ^^
I love that your ideas are getting so crazy now that you've run into things that people have already thought of before
Still Can’t believe they put tuning forks on a piano so it would never go out of tune
@@Mattiaskrantz ya.... i mean.. who would do that....
The anxiety and panic you suffered for the creation of this piano is honestly just.insane. Thank you for showing us the power of human minds 😂😂😂😂 you gave me strength to get over my anxiety and clean my apartment now finally haha
I’m really impressed by your level of determination. Even when literally everything goes wrong you still manage to get through it and get a good result. 👍
Next, you could make a piano with pedals (like on an organ) and have an organist come try to play it. Basically you just need a big foot keyboard that operates the bass register of the piano. That would be amazing!
Thank you!! That’s a cool idea😍
As for a regular piano with pedals like on an organ, that's what we call a "pedalier" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_piano) which have been around for quite a while, though they never got especially popular. Modern implementations use two concert grand pianos stacked, but the originals had special linkages for operating on just one piano or set of strings.
@@haelscheirs_haven Does it have the same tuning as a piano?
@@gpettus9508 The Wikipedia link and th-cam.com/video/HELxh1-diuA/w-d-xo.html should tell all.
there is a similar idea with a floor piano that you essentially play with your feet. Inspiration: So a piano in its most basic component is hitting strings with hammers. Perhapps you could experiment with different hammer or string materials. For hammer different wood types, metals, and (if can can prevent cracking) glass, china or ceramics. For strings try different metal wires and twists(?. like how its winded), rope, bow strings etc.
It’s the journey. Great work I’m with you no matter the out come. It’s the process that ids the key.
Incredible. You’re a piano mad scientist.
Actually, a mad engineer
"I was in the top hundred percentile in my class."
I love all these sleeper jokes.
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@@potterfanz6780 and his "exceptional bargaining skills"
What's with all these "sexy" bots copy pasting other top comments?
I'm gonna miss that piano tech, seems like a great guy and I hope his new job goes well.
It was for the Royal college of music I think. I think he really wanted that since he left his job he already really liked
@@Mattiaskrantz well that's good to hear.
This was incredibly inspiring, and a true testiment to analog or die.
As a different kind of engineer, I find your crazy dedication to *make the thing* inspiring me every day. This is just... awesome.
Wow thank you Kieran🤝🤝
Genius! Instead of a "Self Tuning Piano", we get a "Self Un-Tuning Piano" that is certain to drive any professional piano tuner into retirement!
Constantly loosening strings 😭
This man is the living representation of the saying: "If at first, you don't succeed... try, try again".
I will quote my idol Quentin Crisp: "If at first you don't succeed, then failure might be your style"
Just found your channel. I have watched the “swimming pool baby grand piano “, the “real hammers exchange “, and “the tuning fork”
Piano.
I am located in north east area of Utah, USA. My wife of 37 years, and I were born and raised in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. Coos Bay is a deep sea shipping and fishing port, we also have made crab boats that are featured in the reality show “ DANGEROUS CATCH Crabfishing in the Bering sea”
My family is full of concert pianist of the highest sort. Me I have a bad left ear. Spent 40 years milking Jersey cow, and operating three beef farms. Yep, horse, hat, dogs, and pistol .
My night job was as REGISTERED NURSE- FLIGHT NURSE, TRAUMA RN, specializing in pediatrics. Did that for 24 years.
Did I mention that I am disabled and trying to keep busy. Your videos are cracking me up.
You have a great knack for getting into a project very deep.
Like the time my wife arrived at our house and I have just finished sawing 1/2 the siding off and cutting off a couple floor joists. She screamed.
Seller: *increases price of forks*
Mattias: iLl TaKe YoUr EnTiRe StOcK
Or… maybe he’s the reason why the forks are so pricy, now that he bought out the whole stock
@@screechboi8699 That seller probably started bringing in containers from China and was left holding the bag :)
I can’t wait to see the flip side on CNBC now that the project is done: “Tuning fork demand collapses overnight, market analysts worry it may have been a bubble that could kick off the next recession”
lmao
I'm proud of you for going through all the blood, sweat, and tears required to make this instrument! Especially the commitment of going through with the original plan after learning about the already existing tuning fork instrument. As always, give your beard a congratulatory scratch on my behalf!
Thank you Chris!! Hmmm have you changed pfp? Something looks different I didn’t recognise untill the beard comment🤣
The work that went into that is absolutely exceptional