Douglas -- out of the many hundreds (thousands?) of videos of construction projects that I've watched on TH-cam over the years, that was one of the most impressive and lucid ones that I've seen. And the results of your work are truly impressive. Well done!
Wow! I just found your channel and I can't give you enough likes! I come from a musical family and am a violinist. My father was a musician and owned a music store for 35 years. Every summer, my dad's workroom was filled with stringed instruments from all of our county's schools. I loved to just stand in the doorway and smell the wood and rosin as my dad cleaned each instrument and replaced bridges and strings. I miss that and I miss him, dearly. However, I recently went to his store (now a curio shop), and I swear I could smell the rosin, LOL! Dad would have loved your channel and I know that I will have him in mind as I watch more of your videos. I can't wait to see the other instruments that you've made. SUBSCRIBED!
That future researcher said about technology that old stuff gets exchanged for new stuff, and used electronic pianos as an example. Because the sound would be good enough! That's nonsense, I get goosebumps when I hear a real piano from time to time. The real deal should better never die out, instead we need to explore more mechanical instruments and solutions.
@@gustavgnoettgen On a good electronic piano, the sound is good enough, it's just lacking in terms of feel and they lack the uniqueness of the sound from one build to the other
@@gustavgnoettgen In the end it's up to the player, personally sound wise, either is good enough, but the acoustic piano has a special feel for me. I'd still probably prefer having an electronic one mainly because of its synth sound options for more Rock/Metal oriented playing
To expand on that and explain why, the -ino ending in Italian is a "diminutive", ie. it "shrinks" the thing it comes after. A sopranino recorder is smaller and higher than a soprano. "Ottavino" is also another name for the piccolo flute, so called because it plays a whole octave up from the written music. Anyone playing on an ottavino harpischord would likely be playing tunes notated for an instrument pitched an octave or two down, hence the name.
I don't know why, but I am trying to make one myself. This video just shows me the intensity of how perfect everything needs to be. Thank you, by the way, no other video on TH-cam goes through the detail need to create one! Good luck to me... haa
This is a mini harpsichord at 4' which sounds from E4 to F6; you should make an octave lower version, a 8' instrument which will sound from E3 to F5!!!! Great one!!!!
Beautiful instrument! Thank you for sharing your process. I am a professional harpsichord and clavichord technician and appreciate all the details you put into this video.
(Apologies in advance if you've already covered this in one of your videos that I haven't seen yet about building another harpsichord.) Looking at the keys of the lowest octave, I wonder if the original in the museum had a short/broken octave. Lowest note E doesn't guarantee, but is a clue favoring, the E actually corresponds to the C below that; F is as normal; but then the F♯ key actually plays the D below that; the G is as normal; and then the G♯ key actually plays the E below that. The overall effect is that you extend the range of the instrument downwards by a major third at the cost of missing some in-between notes that were considered to be not used as often. A similar system existed on some harpsichords appearing to have low B as their lowest note, which actually played G below that, with the C♯ and E♭ keys being likewise substituted. Some harpsichords and organs (presumably also ottavinos) had split keys so that you could get both F♯ and D, and both G♯ and E (or both C♯ and A, and both E♭ and B). These split keys looked very much like the split flat/sharp keys that appeared on some instruments (including some of the same instruments) higher on the keyboard to enable playing of flats and sharps that were not enharmonic in meantone tuning (12 tone equal temperament was known about back then, but it wasn't in favor then the way it is now, and music went through an intermediate stage of well-tempered tuning before equal temperament finally become dominant in the late 19th/early 20th Century). (And, although I have yet to see images or footage of one, supposedly some Viennese instruments had sort of a combination of both short/broken octave systems, and lasted into Haydn's time.) Short/broken octaves obviously aren't very user-friendly if you're expecting the whole keyboard to work the same way, but they saved on instrument cost in a time when remote key signatures were rare, _especially_ on pipe organs; on the plus side, if you _do_ manage to get used to playing on them, you can reach some intervals that you can't reach elsewhere on the keyboard unless you're Sergei Rachmaninov.
I don't know if the original Vaninus instrument had a short octave or not. It seems to me that if you're playing this little thing, you've already given up on having a decent range of notes to work with....
@@douglasnadel1028 True enough, but on the other hand, if you already have a short range, an extension by a major third makes more of a percentage difference than it would on a full-compass instrument.
Bravo, Douglas! Keep up the great work! I think it'd be a lot of fun to build a harpsichord, but my mind addles at the thought of just how long it would take. And, I can't even quantify the amount of tenacity required either. Kudos for a job well done!
This instrument is more like a mini Clavichord. I kinda want to design a Clavichord that can be 3D printed. This way, I can take a keyboard instrument anywhere and it can fit on my lap just barely. It won’t have 88 keys, but more like half of what a Piano has. Clavichords in real life don’t have 88 keys, either. It probably won’t sound good but it will be a 3D printed version and has rubber bands as strings.
What a magical little instrument! It makes me think a little of a music box, which, seeing that it is a box that makes music, I guess that's an appropriate term haha... Anyway, beautiful work.
Fantastic work! It looks amazing, and I love that you made three of them at once! I had flashbacks to my teen years when my Dad and I built a clavichord kit, and to several years ago when I replaced the action on our Zuckerman harpsichord! Your approach to making the register is really clever and I like you how you approached the keyboard. Definitely going to check out your marquetry video. I don't suppose you have drawings for sale? I'm thinking I'd like to build one.
Thanks! I only made one Ottavino Virginal, but I made three Spiinets, see my other video th-cam.com/video/naSeYNwb4XU/w-d-xo.html I have plans and instructions for the Spinet, email me douglasnadel@gmail.com
@@douglasnadel1028 Funny - I was watching the spinet video on my TV while commenting on my laptop. This comment was meant to go there! Will contact you. Thanks!
Alpine Melody! I was leafing through my Alfred level one lesson book. "I know this song, I have played this song, a lot, but I can't remember the damn name."
I could never in a million years think my way through something like this.
Ohhhhhh, I bet after a hundred thousand years you'd be surprised!!!! 😜
Idk why but im trying to make one. Defined without all the fancy details!
You know, for a "toy," that actually sounds beautiful!
Douglas -- out of the many hundreds (thousands?) of videos of construction projects that I've watched on TH-cam over the years, that was one of the most impressive and lucid ones that I've seen. And the results of your work are truly impressive. Well done!
Wow! I just found your channel and I can't give you enough likes! I come from a musical family and am a violinist. My father was a musician and owned a music store for 35 years. Every summer, my dad's workroom was filled with stringed instruments from all of our county's schools. I loved to just stand in the doorway and smell the wood and rosin as my dad cleaned each instrument and replaced bridges and strings. I miss that and I miss him, dearly. However, I recently went to his store (now a curio shop), and I swear I could smell the rosin, LOL! Dad would have loved your channel and I know that I will have him in mind as I watch more of your videos. I can't wait to see the other instruments that you've made. SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment!
It has the quality, timbre, intensity, and the sweetness of a soprano voice when it plays.
Mozart would say “Not enough notes.” Seriously that was very impressive.
You are truly gifted.
I mean I hope the next generation if any, will pass on all these skills.
FROM one, lover of the harpsichord from down under. Thank You
One of the most amazing things i have ever seen.
I don’t think anything could’ve prepared me for how beautifully that turned out in the end. Tremendous work!
absolutely incredible
I realized at the end that I had my mouth open for almost the entirety of the video. Simply jaw-dropping!
Have built many instruments like this over the last 60 years and still do. Great work you have done on this. Thanks for sharing.
I'm thinking of getting into building minikeyboards, I suppose the easiest thing to start with would be a clavichord?
@@TaiganTundra Yep.
A fascinating video. You are truly a wood working & musical genius!
Is it just me or is this the cutest harpsichord ever
This is amazing craftmanshift Douglas !
Wow, just wonderful. Great work man.
Amazing work! I think besides the absolutely fantastic craftsmanship, that's most adorable a harspichord can get
Beautiful, just beautiful! Thank You for your great skill and patience, making the World even more wonderful.
SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!
Wow your work is beautiful. This was really helpful thank you
beautiful we need more people bring things like this back very wonderful
That future researcher said about technology that old stuff gets exchanged for new stuff, and used electronic pianos as an example. Because the sound would be good enough! That's nonsense, I get goosebumps when I hear a real piano from time to time. The real deal should better never die out, instead we need to explore more mechanical instruments and solutions.
@@gustavgnoettgen On a good electronic piano, the sound is good enough, it's just lacking in terms of feel and they lack the uniqueness of the sound from one build to the other
@@lawabidingcitizen5153 not good enough for me
@@gustavgnoettgen In the end it's up to the player, personally sound wise, either is good enough, but the acoustic piano has a special feel for me. I'd still probably prefer having an electronic one mainly because of its synth sound options for more Rock/Metal oriented playing
@@gustavgnoettgen Agreed 100%
Absolutely fantastic. Now I want to buy one. Well done and good presentation. Thank you.
Contact me at dnadel@dh.org
Actually called 'ottavino' because it's tuned an octave higher usual.
To expand on that and explain why, the -ino ending in Italian is a "diminutive", ie. it "shrinks" the thing it comes after. A sopranino recorder is smaller and higher than a soprano.
"Ottavino" is also another name for the piccolo flute, so called because it plays a whole octave up from the written music.
Anyone playing on an ottavino harpischord would likely be playing tunes notated for an instrument pitched an octave or two down, hence the name.
Impressive work and a beautiful result!
My gosh its beautiful
So beautiful! I’m obsessed with it 😍
Wow! Your instrument sounds so beautiful and clean!
This is some absolutely fantastic craftsmanship
One could say you're skilled !! Just amazing !!
What a beauty!!
what a gorgeous instrument. beautifully built, and sounds fantastic. Well done.
Outstanding in all ways!!
This is awesome! Very nice!
Not going to lie I’m green with envy I am legitimately jealous. I wish I could do this. DAMN ID LOVE TO MAKE ONE OF THESE
Start with a simpler project and work up to it!
This awesome in so many ways! Recently discovering the harmonium as an instrument makes this even more attractive to me!
I'm just in awe. This is an assault on the senses, beautiful and it sounds fantastic. Excellent, excellent work!
Delightful and exciting. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Inspirational! Thanks for sharing your talent!!
Wow! The sound of the instrument is so pretty
That is really cool.
I don't know why, but I am trying to make one myself. This video just shows me the intensity of how perfect everything needs to be. Thank you, by the way, no other video on TH-cam goes through the detail need to create one! Good luck to me... haa
Hey check out my video of building an Ottavino Spinet, I have a construction manual available for it. douglasnadel@gmail.com
Delightfully satisfying to enjoy the process and pick up some ideas for future projects, your sharing this video is most appreciated Douglas!
One of the coolest things I've ever seen!
This is a mini harpsichord at 4' which sounds from E4 to F6; you should make an octave lower version, a 8' instrument which will sound from E3 to F5!!!! Great one!!!!
Beautiful instrument! Thank you for sharing your process. I am a professional harpsichord and clavichord technician and appreciate all the details you put into this video.
man that was GREAT !
(Apologies in advance if you've already covered this in one of your videos that I haven't seen yet about building another harpsichord.)
Looking at the keys of the lowest octave, I wonder if the original in the museum had a short/broken octave. Lowest note E doesn't guarantee, but is a clue favoring, the E actually corresponds to the C below that; F is as normal; but then the F♯ key actually plays the D below that; the G is as normal; and then the G♯ key actually plays the E below that. The overall effect is that you extend the range of the instrument downwards by a major third at the cost of missing some in-between notes that were considered to be not used as often. A similar system existed on some harpsichords appearing to have low B as their lowest note, which actually played G below that, with the C♯ and E♭ keys being likewise substituted. Some harpsichords and organs (presumably also ottavinos) had split keys so that you could get both F♯ and D, and both G♯ and E (or both C♯ and A, and both E♭ and B). These split keys looked very much like the split flat/sharp keys that appeared on some instruments (including some of the same instruments) higher on the keyboard to enable playing of flats and sharps that were not enharmonic in meantone tuning (12 tone equal temperament was known about back then, but it wasn't in favor then the way it is now, and music went through an intermediate stage of well-tempered tuning before equal temperament finally become dominant in the late 19th/early 20th Century). (And, although I have yet to see images or footage of one, supposedly some Viennese instruments had sort of a combination of both short/broken octave systems, and lasted into Haydn's time.) Short/broken octaves obviously aren't very user-friendly if you're expecting the whole keyboard to work the same way, but they saved on instrument cost in a time when remote key signatures were rare, _especially_ on pipe organs; on the plus side, if you _do_ manage to get used to playing on them, you can reach some intervals that you can't reach elsewhere on the keyboard unless you're Sergei Rachmaninov.
I don't know if the original Vaninus instrument had a short octave or not. It seems to me that if you're playing this little thing, you've already given up on having a decent range of notes to work with....
@@douglasnadel1028 True enough, but on the other hand, if you already have a short range, an extension by a major third makes more of a percentage difference than it would on a full-compass instrument.
Wow, beautiful
Unbelievable work.This inspired me as I love the harpsichord type sound but then I realised this project would be far beyond my skillset lol
What a lovely quiet sound!
Your work is amazing!
How charming...
Excellent work - really impressive
thank you for uploading this
loved the touch of humour with the kit kats 😂😂😂
Very, vrey impressed.
lovely project and presentation. I would love to have a little ottavino
One of my Ottavino Spinets is still available, see video linked above, email me if you're interested douglasnadel@gmail.com
Bravo, Douglas! Keep up the great work! I think it'd be a lot of fun to build a harpsichord, but my mind addles at the thought of just how long it would take. And, I can't even quantify the amount of tenacity required either. Kudos for a job well done!
Yay!!! Great work! .....and not bad-sounding for something with no bass at all. A little jewel.
Truly mesmerizing!
Amazing work all around from the planning to the execution, fantastic work doug
Beautiful little instrument!
The details and overall build of this harpsichord is insane....this is awesome
Wow... Knowledge skill patience determinarion you have. It and something more ..God bless you for this video ...
That’s amazing and beautiful toy😊 Thank you
that was really funny with the kit-kat ebony, well done on the beautiful build
Hey, thanks. I do get hungry in the workshop sometimes...
I’d love to buy one of these.
Yeah, I sold this recently to someone in Japan. I might build another Ottavino, this time a Spinet. Subscribe and stay tuned!
Beautifully done - but all that work for a two-octave keyboard!
Thanks for the inspirational video.
Wow man, this is looking very nice, the attention to detail in decorating it also is top notch!
This instrument is more like a mini Clavichord. I kinda want to design a Clavichord that can be 3D printed. This way, I can take a keyboard instrument anywhere and it can fit on my lap just barely. It won’t have 88 keys, but more like half of what a Piano has. Clavichords in real life don’t have 88 keys, either.
It probably won’t sound good but it will be a 3D printed version and has rubber bands as strings.
So beautiful. You are certainly an artist.
What a magical little instrument! It makes me think a little of a music box, which, seeing that it is a box that makes music, I guess that's an appropriate term haha... Anyway, beautiful work.
Wooo I'd wanna buy it. I wish you make more!
Amazing exquisite thing from wood.
una insparacón : con vida y lúcida de conversación !
That is absolutely beautiful, way to go
Stunning, ingenious work!
Amazing!
Wow awesome
Youre super gifted, thanks for vid!
Fantastic! Congratulations, and thanks for posting this video.
Maaaan. That is so impressive!!!
That is AMAZING! Do you sell your creations?
Contact me at dnadel@dh.org
Incredible stuff! And what a lovely sound.
My God! You are so talented!!!!
👍....was happy to get to hear it......
this is absolutely exquisite, I loved watching the whole process and it looks so beautiful!!! nice work
Thank you so much!
Thanks. Very nice.
awesome project, and great workmanship!
You're really cool dude.
Beautiful!
Fantastic work! It looks amazing, and I love that you made three of them at once! I had flashbacks to my teen years when my Dad and I built a clavichord kit, and to several years ago when I replaced the action on our Zuckerman harpsichord! Your approach to making the register is really clever and I like you how you approached the keyboard. Definitely going to check out your marquetry video. I don't suppose you have drawings for sale? I'm thinking I'd like to build one.
Thanks! I only made one Ottavino Virginal, but I made three Spiinets, see my other video th-cam.com/video/naSeYNwb4XU/w-d-xo.html
I have plans and instructions for the Spinet, email me douglasnadel@gmail.com
@@douglasnadel1028 Funny - I was watching the spinet video on my TV while commenting on my laptop. This comment was meant to go there! Will contact you. Thanks!
it sounds so gooood!!!
Super impressed - do you build clavichords as well?
Amazing!!
That was awesome!
I'm not even 30 seconds into this, but I'd like to say that even "toy" instruments can truly be "real" instruments ✊😁🤘
Alpine Melody!
I was leafing through my Alfred level one lesson book.
"I know this song, I have played this song, a lot, but I can't remember the damn name."
Yes! I learned it from my daughter's Alfred book, too. Ha ha!
totally fucking awesome
Beautiful work