Player Piano Revival Episode 3: Refreshing the Ivory Keys
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ย. 2022
- This 105-year-old player piano is in dire need of an overhaul if it's ever going to be anything more than just a shelving unit.
I often feel like I'm operating inside a vacuum in my little piano shop. It's time to change that.
Music: Hot Piano Classics Player Piano Roll 167 Break-in' Notes, QRS Piano Roll XP-306-B The Little Mermaid Song 1: Under the Sea - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I about lost it when you found one of the keytops...under the C! Happy to see your heads in the right place, as well as the tails. Your patience and attention to detail is extraordinary, which pays off in the very evident improvement in the end. The transformation would impress even the elephants' dentist. Eager for the next video. If you want. No pressure.
Hi Jon! Thanks for sticking with me! I'm glad my "musical pun" (surely there's a better name) landed. :)
I appreciate the compliment. I couldn't say whether I felt more like a dentist or a manicurist during this project.
Truly enjoying this restoration. Nice to see a fellow “lefty” as well. I’m currently restoring a 1963’ 64 key spinet piano. No comparison to all the great work you’re doing here.
Thanks for the recognition!
Is your piano a player piano as well?
@@nateoutsidethevacuum It once was a player. It’s an Aeolian Pianola. I gutted the complete system out of it, because the guy who had it before me attempted to repair some leaks in the system, only to make a mangled mess out of it. I lost count of the many functions he broke ( not a handy guy). I figured I at least made the piano 100lbs lighter after doing so. I’m now two toning the cabinet, keeping the original finish, which is a cherry stain over it’s mahogany veneer, and adding satin black on specific areas of the cabinet. I’ll post it on my TH-cam when I’m done, and share it with you for viewing. I’m currently light sanding the areas I removed the varnish from, then will proceed with the black.
There is an epoxy product just for this that can be mixed with the included coloring agent to match your keys. I haven't used it but plan to. I have about 20 keys that need attention
Please let me know how it works. I was fortunate to have salvaged replacements, but didn't have enough, so there are still 3 left with chips.
Another excellent one! I am blasting through this series. Not only are you doing a really detailed job of restoration and documentation, your editing also keeps me engaged and is very nice to watch. An example of what I'm talking about is at 10:42. Love that cut. Thanks for putting this out there!
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback! It's reassuring to me as a toob-nube. After starting this series I quickly realized what an art form editing and filming is; something I had really taken for granted before. Here’s to learning!
So GOOD!
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.
Love this series so far. Please consider doing more
Thanks!
Pro tip: The trick with using the ivory clamp is to set the clamp at an angle, i.e push the bottom father along the keystick. Then when the thumbscrew is tightened, the brass caul pushes the ivory forward to ensure a super tight joint between the head and the tail. (That's why the brass caul as a lip at the front)
This explains why the clamp has a textured foot, gotcha!
If you want, no pressure!
Exactly!
The keyboard looks great!
It was well worth the effort!
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4:46 Yoshi! *nyump*
I didn't know I had it in me!
Hi Nate! Can you post please where you get your supplies? I started using Player Piano Co. out of Wichita in 1976, but that is long gone. Thanks for your great videos!
Hi, thanks for watching! I have an account with Schaff piano. For more specialty items I visit the Player Care website or the Ragland store on eBay.
Hello, nice video. just some questions: where is possible to buy these vanilla or chocolate Wafer paper ? Could you send me a link ? Are there different thicknesses or only one measure ? Thanks in advance for your help. I just need to glue ten ivory keys....
As far as I know they only come in one thickness.
Using Google I found this seller.
www.howardpianoindustries.com/ivory-cement-wafers/
Good luck!
Thanks a lot. Just arrived . But I can't find in Howar piano the chocolate version. Thanks again@@nateoutsidethevacuum
Hi Nate, what is the object to which your 120-grit sandpaper is attached at 2:20, and where can I get one?
Hi Andrew! It's a granite slab with a polished surface a gardener friend was pitching. It's my poor man's version a machinist's surface plate.
Thanks! A friend recently gave me a small slab of marble so maybe I can also make one!
@@andrewbarrett1537 a piece of smooth glass could also work.