Playing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town on my home made celesta
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ธ.ค. 2008
- Santa Claus is coming to town - on home made celesta
It took me three weeks to complete it, using left over wood, parts of an old piano and an organ keyboard. - เพลง
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The clicking sound of the keys almost sounds like tap dancing. What a pleasure to listen to!
It does!
Normally a Celesta has Metal Glockenspiel Bars, but this one has Aluminum Pipes so it makes a really nice Mellow Jazzy sound.
aluminum is metal too.
@@user-zc8sd8jx8s They're Aluminum not Steel
@@RockStarOscarStern634 this is correct. I was replying to the original comment which had the word Metal in place of Steel :)
The pipes are aluminum, cut in the exact right length and mounted on a board, supported with small foam blocks on exactly calculated places. The measures are critical for the right sound.
Ok, Now make a really big one, with long pipes, and play Rameau on it or something!!!!! Seriously, that's an awesome job you did.
I love this. I love the clicking sound of the keys too!
I love the beautiful sound of this!!!
No, it is very expensive to get a patent in my country. Not to mention the amount of time and effort it will consume. This was just a one time thing. I'm way too busy with other things right now.
Well done. Thanks for the upload.
gorgeous!
this like, the cutest piano in existence.. perfect for the perky Christmas song.. : )
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow thats pretty precise work, making something like that, nice cover
Good Job - on making AND playing.
I love this!
That's really nice!👍
That's more like a celesta. Nice job!
so very nice! really good!
TOo cool!!!! I didnt knew theres such thing as homemade celesta
digging the natural precussion.
i saw this video last week, im on my way to get a parts piano now, this thing is too cool!
beautiful
Very interesting the keys are made entirely out of Plastic which is great because Ivory & Ebony has since become scarce.
Well done!
I love a bit of upcycling - and that is qualiteeeeeeeeeeeeee
THAT IS COOL!
it reminds me of the chiming bells i hear around christmas
cool!!
awesome...
It'd be awesome to listen to another piece on this great creation!!
Do you ahve some pictures of the inner workings of the tubes support?
Having just taken a course on piano technology at my university, I can appreciate how complex making a keyboard instrument is, though this seems like more of a celeste than a piano. There's no escapement mechanism for the hammers in your instrument is there? Job well done!
Reminds me of a celeste. I really want one of these...
The mechanism is definitely simpler, with as little moving parts as possible. The keys push up a metal rod. The hammers are suspended on one hinge (also a metal rod) going through the bottom of all the hammers. The rods connected to the keys push the hammers forward directly, being connected to the hammers at an angle. So basically there are only 3 hinges: at the keys, where the rods push the hammers and where the hammers are fixed.
I want one !
@oddenby Thanks. I used aluminum pipes, suspended on a board, using soft peaces of rubber for suspension and strings, through holes in the aluminum at the suspension points, where the metal doesn't vibrate.
I need one of these to sample 😂
awesome
you should add pickups to that celesta and the sound palette will expand in cool ways
Great idea 😎
Genial
awesome!!!, i would love to try to make one too!, i think this is technically a "celesta" same thing Tchaikovsky used for dance of the sugar plum fairy
Actually that was originally written for a very delicate instrument made entirely out of Glass Drinking Cups, the Glass Harmonica & it's so delicate that Orchestras today (and the composer) have substituted that w/ a Celesta.
@bukuroprince you'd be surprised how simple it is. Just a very simple lever construction, using the rigidity of the parts. The keyboard is from an old organ and has its own springs, pulling the hammers back after the action. @bukuroprince
I want to make something like this!
That is just too cool. It sounds a lot like a celeste.
I'm a piano tech and I have thought about trying something like this. That hammer style is not familiar to me. Does it have jacks and escapement like a conventional upright??? LOVED IT
There are so many ways to make a piano. It all depends on your creativity and skill. So I'd say: go for it! :-)
I want one. Where can I buy that? It's AWESOME!!! More, more, more.
@ChucklesKeys Thanks for the compliment. See reaction to bukuroprince two below. The pipes are aluminum pipe, bought at a do-it-yourself shop around the corner ;-) Cut at the appropriate lengths using xylophone suspension.
@dvnacouzi94 It's all improvisation. Just google the basic building instructions of a wind chime, that's what I did. The keyboard is part of an old organ, the hammers are from an old piano and the rest is left over wood from old cupboards. And... it took me 3 weeks to build...
heheh love it
@ukulelelearner Oh, and you can also download the Gstrings app for your phone and tune your pipes without having to do any calculations ^_^ I didn't have that when I made this chime piano, but I tune my (real) piano now using that app.
Do you sell these home made celestas?
Lucas King . nope, sorry, this was a one time thing ;)
@abombluvsjesus
Maybe I'll do that, but at the moment I'm more into photography ...
Thanks for the compliment!
wow.. that is VERRY Impressive!! Nice job.This strikes me as quite ambitious.
One of the cooler, more well-made
instruments I have seen here. Sounds a Lot like a celeste.
Must have taken a while to make this, no? And to get all the notes in tune?
Well Done!
@ukulelelearner Ha, from the DIY shop around the corner ;-) they are simply aluminum tubes, cut to various lengths.
@smartieparties I'm Sorry. There is no description. I did everything with left over materials. The only thing I bought was the pipes (aluminum 12mm). The lengths of the pipes are done using basic wind chime length calculations you can find on the internet. You can google that. The hammers are from an old piano, the keyboard is from an old organ. I had to improvise every step. Took me 3 weeks. There's no way you can make this exactly the same. Really sorry... can't help you with that :-\
Nice
great thanks!
Sorry, can't buy this anywhere. It took me 3 weeks to build it ;-)
Used parts of an old broken down piano, some left over peaces of wood and a spare keyboard from an organ.
genius
@timjmoran Took me 3 weeks ;-) Thanks for the compliment!
Have you tried getting a patent on the piano?
@teaguen8879 I'm sorry, I don't have building plans. I had the keyboard from an old organ, the hammers from an old piano, I googled for the chime lengths and the rest is pure improvisation.
make more instruments! this rocks.
@kode1303
No, LOL ;-) That is a gold ring I inherited from my wife's grandfather. The stone is a Tiger eye and just a type of stone I like very much. I had a jeweler attach it to the ring.
Fantastic job! Three weeks is impressive time frame for completion. Did you cut the aluminum tone bars yourself or were they from another instrument? Very impressed with your work!!!!
It was a three week holiday. Worked on it a bit every day. Googled the calculations for the lengths and made them all myself, yes. Have a bit of experience with tuning though ;-)
@ukulelelearner And, don't forget the 'magic spot' at 1/4 from both ends of the tubes. That's where they must be held to get the best sound.
Well for starters... you could read all the comments below. You're not the only one who asked me about the ins and outs. :-)
@andrayisalso how did you know the measure measurements for the length? is there a formula?
This is fantastic. I am interested in owing one of these instruments.
The only way would be to make one. I had some stuff lying around and made it into this. Couldn't do it again the same way.
Hey, can you post any more videos of you playing other songs on here. I am piano player myself, but this is so cool. How much would you charge to make one of these a sale it? Just wondering. It's really neat and creative. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you! No there is no escapement mechanism. The hammers hit the pipes because of their velocity and then fall back to their neutral position. And you are right, it is a celeste, played and build like a piano, or a piano with pipes instead of snares. Call it what you like :)
@andrayisalso I think its mostly tubular bells.
@qwertypoop1000 Except for the keys (they come from an old organ) and the individual hammers (from an old piano)... you can read the description and the other comments ;-)
How?
I'm curious about this hammer action. Would you show me how it works?
@annonimuz2 hmmm im not to sure i think like a banjos size?
@andrayisalso i would love to know the diameter of the tubes and how you know which lengths each chime were. have any advice for me or info for me?
it isnt easy to build such a good hammer action
Check your settings, soundcard, headphones, speakers or other sound-related stuff, 'cause I can hear it fine.
i really, really, REALLY need to know how you did this!
How did you manage to mount those pipes without muting them?
where did you get the chimes from?
Ok this made 12 years ago. It had really good sound. What metal things did you use?
They are 12mm aluminum tubes ;-)
This is awesome! Did you scratchbuild this?
Except for the keyboard bed. That's an organ part.
WOW !! Any sheet music? I really like that arrangement
@pencildives I googled until I found a site where it was explained how long to make them... (don't know what site it was, but there were several) then cut them a little too long and slowly tuned them up until I reached the right note.
Good question! They are held in place by nylon wire and a rubber rest at the so called 'nodal points'. For a uniform bar, the nodal points are located 22.4% from each end of the bar. Suspend them anywhere else and you mute the sound.
I'm making a little piano of my own, how does the action on yours work?
Hello, TH-cam recommendations. We meet again..
What are the pipes made of?
@ukulelelearner Yep, google 'wind chime length formula' or 'calculate lengths wind chime' or 'frequency note wind chime length' or something like that and you'll find lots of sites telling you how to cut your pipes.
I want to recreate this piano with strings. If I get the action from you and the dimensions from Steinway I think it will work?
thanks
It would be very nice if you could make a tutorial of this or something. I always wanted to play that song but all I can find on youtube are jazzies arrangement.
Is that a set of hammers from a square grand, or a birdcage?
12 year so much view, but only 885 likes...
Can you see if you can make another one but with 4 to 5 octaves
Yup, that description comes closest to what it is...
This resembles a celesta more than a piano.
Mafkees! 8-D LOL
@annonimuz2 sure iive alredy made a guitar tho good luck to us :)
Good job! This is AWESOME.
I have a science project where we have to build an instrument. If you don't mind, I'd like to build something similar to this.
The pipes kind of look like panpipes... do you think that if I build a panpipe that's in key (and made out of aluminum) and then use that for the pipes on the piano, will it work?
Thanks!
Thank you. I don't mind at all. The lengths of pipes vary with the metal you use, but here are some pre-calculated lengths. It's basically like a wind-chime, so... hope this helps: leehite.org/chime_dimensions/Family%20EMT%20Steel%20Conduit.pdf
Thank you! It does help!
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