I've been playing the piano (and keyboard) for over 10 years, and my hope is to get this sliding drawer installation figured out the same way you're getting the keyboard figured out! :p Thank you for the tutorial, very helpful!
Excellent video and instructions. I bought a desk/decorative table for my living room and it has a sliding keyboard tray. I could not for the life of me figure out how to get the "internal" screws into the slider to mount it onto the boards. I saw the lever as you showed but completely forgot what is was. Problem solved! I almost decided to just not mount the keyboard tray, what a shame that would have been. Thanks Rmarvids...
Thanks. I did an update called “How to install a drawer under a desk - Two ways”. th-cam.com/video/h51ZELS7pf0/w-d-xo.html This video might also be helpful. Thanks again for the comment!
Thank you! Love to hear from across the pond! I just did another video about upgrading my studio desk. It’s a combination of DIY and IKEA. Check it out. Thanks again for the comment.
Than you Surya. I’m actually publishing a second video in a day or two about a slightly different way to hang a drawer based on questions from a viewer. You might want to sub my channel and turn on alerts, if you think it might be helpful. Thanks again for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it!
I’m just finishing my new studio desk. Will publish the video soon. If you subscribed, you should get a notice. My total cost was $400.00 but you could easily reduce the cost to $100-250. It just depends on how fancy you want to get.
Awesome. I've been trying to figure out a way of doing the reverse, mounting my keyboard and mouse under my Yamaha P-45 Piano. This will certainly help. Thank you.
A very informative video. I don't need a sliding drawer for my desk, but I do figure that when the table for my model railroad layout gets built, I'll need a sliding drawer for the controller and other accessories. My question is, how would I go about building a sliding drawer about 4 feet long when the layout table itself will be closer to 10?
I would add two sides for the drawer under the desk. You could hang them with brackets or pocket screws, if you have a pocket jig. Then cut your drawer to fit. Generally the width of the drawer will be 1” less than the width between the side supports. That leaves 1/2” on each side for the drawer slides. Sometimes I go ahead and mount the drawer slides to the support boards, attach the drawer and them put the whole unit up at the same time. That way you know everything will fit. You will need help though. Someone to hold it while you attach it under the table. I hope this isn’t too confusing!!! Thanks for the comment and good luck.
@@Ray_Here Thank you for your response :). It doesn't sound too confusing, but I will definitely enlist the help of more experienced builders when constructing said drawer.
my desk has no wood or anything like that under it. it has 4 square iron legs and i dont know how to work this out... do you have any idea what could i do? and did you figure out the piano yet? lol. thanks in advance
Does your desk have a wood top? If so, how thick is it? I’m basically a one finger guy on the piano. I use it to add bass, strings, horns, etc. when I record.
Need help. Shelf under desk like your but different. I really want but can't locate hardware. Need to push shelf back to rear of desk, for knee, foot, leg room. Medical thing. MATH - DESK 35" deep, keyboard shelf 52", 11.10 deep, same as keyboard. KEYBOARD 5" tall. My frustrating issue is getting call backs from rail people. I do line the rails that lock, helps with wobble. I keep thinking how the math seems easy, finding hardware, hard. A 11.10 deep shelf that goes to the back of the desk, then pulls put 11.10" past the edge of front of desk. U could really use your help on where to find hardware or other ideas.
Hi Bill. I appreciate your frustration. Sometimes projects aren’t as easy as they are in you head!!! It’s hard to help without seeing it in person and thinking it through. Top of mind is to perhaps use longer drawer extensions. I have always been able to find what I need at Home Depot or Lowes. Good luck! Let me know what works as others may have a similar issue.
48" full-length rails, top-mounted, lock in place. unable to find. 48" allows the 12" deep shelf to stop at the rear of the desk. then (using the rear of the shelf) pull it out 35" plus 12" depth of keyboard and lock in place. Leaving knee room. Top mount is harder to find, 48" top mount, I have not seen. I wish I could send you a picture.
Bill, I don’t share me email on my channel due to privacy concerns. So I don’t know how you could share a picture. Here is an option. Take pictures and or video of your desk issue and upload them as a video to your TH-cam channel. Let me know when you do that and I will look at the video.
I have not. Cabinet places won't discuss weight stress, parts people local know nothing, commercial sellers of larger slides will not discuss a project. Imagine a desk 64" wide between rectangle and strong legs. Depth of desk, 35". I need a box that contains the keyboard, 54" x 12". With the box and shelf inside 2 sliders bring the 12" box forward to the front edge of the desk. At the locked position at the front, 2 other rails, bring the shelf out alone ro a 12" locking position. Remember the law of dynamic movement. Those rails have to be strong enough to prevent up down, right left moment. Not hard hot rock, acoustic but still must be solid. I have a rough drawing but nobody will talk about the pure width of the box vs. Sliders. I wish I could just send pictures so someone with a larger brain could say this is the best way. This this the last thing after losing my small building to a tornado. I just want to get back to writing and doing all the work my wife wants me do now working at home. I do not know how to share my email with someone and not get a zillion spam hits. Any ideas out there? It was a bad month to try not drinking anything to test my body hahahahahaja. Thanks for caring guys and girls.
Hey @Rmarvids - Thanks for the video! I'm looking to do something like this. Wondering if you remember where you go those sliders. Have a link by chance? I'm looking to do something like this with a wider keyboard soon. Thanks in advance!
I bought them at Home Depot. I’m sure you can also find them at Lowe’s, Menard’s or other big box hardware stores. I used 14” extension sliders. The size may be different based oh your needs. You can also connect the side boards with the sliders to the underside of the desk. Good luck!
I was not able to find at Depor or Lowes because I am stupid and want to push the box, shelf back for bad knee room. I frustrate my self. I hope yours goes great. ME,I am about to run head 1st into a tree. KIDDING...or am I haha.
Marcus, if you needed to push the box hiding the keyboard back r0 23" from front edge AND need to pull the shelf out from the front edge 12" and lock to play, what would you change? It's my knee, has yo have space in the event soon they replace it. I would love to hear from you. If any out there do this stuff like folding clothes, I would try to find some money to get a drawn plan. I finger picked at the feet of Doc Watson but this is cooking my noodle. Perhaps four of us could team meet and I could get really embarrassed at the brain power. Then let's write a hit and hire someone next time hahahaja.
Thanks. My knees didn’t touch the shelf. I had plenty of space. Having said that, I built a new studio desk and kade it about 3” higher. Check out my video on that. It came out really nice. Thanks for the comment!
thanks for the tutorial, it was really easy to understand and you have a great teaching voice.
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
I've been playing the piano (and keyboard) for over 10 years, and my hope is to get this sliding drawer installation figured out the same way you're getting the keyboard figured out! :p
Thank you for the tutorial, very helpful!
Thanks for the comment. This video may be of help as well. th-cam.com/video/h51ZELS7pf0/w-d-xo.html
Excellent video and instructions. I bought a desk/decorative table for my living room and it has a sliding keyboard tray. I could not for the life of me figure out how to get the "internal" screws into the slider to mount it onto the boards. I saw the lever as you showed but completely forgot what is was. Problem solved! I almost decided to just not mount the keyboard tray, what a shame that would have been. Thanks Rmarvids...
That’s great. I’m glad the video was helpful. Thanks for letting me know!
Thank you so much for this.... Of all the videos I've seen, you made it very easy to understand.
Thank you. I’m glad it was helpful!
Good project. Nicely done. I have similar situation. Awaiting sliders and keyboard in post today. Found this very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I did an update called “How to install a drawer under a desk - Two ways”.
th-cam.com/video/h51ZELS7pf0/w-d-xo.html
This video might also be helpful. Thanks again for the comment!
@@Ray_Here thank you. Both the videos and the instructions were very helpful. My MIDI keyboard is now sliding in and out very well.
@@guitarbuddy2009 That's great! Thanks for letting me know!
Great instructional video Ray. Thanks for the tips.
You’re welcome. Thanks for the comment!
Want to do the exact same thing. Thanks from the UK.
Thank you! Love to hear from across the pond! I just did another video about upgrading my studio desk. It’s a combination of DIY and IKEA. Check it out. Thanks again for the comment.
Exactly what i was looking for,Great Video.
Than you Surya. I’m actually publishing a second video in a day or two about a slightly different way to hang a drawer based on questions from a viewer. You might want to sub my channel and turn on alerts, if you think it might be helpful. Thanks again for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it!
@@Ray_Here sure, Appreciate your quality and useful content,wishes from India 🎉
@@suryapuni Thank you!
Damn Mr, we just had the same passion and same problem, my home studio need some more space and you helped me a lot, good Luck with your music!
I’m just finishing my new studio desk. Will publish the video soon. If you subscribed, you should get a notice. My total cost was $400.00 but you could easily reduce the cost to $100-250. It just depends on how fancy you want to get.
Thank you for the detailed instructions - very helpful.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!
Awesome. I've been trying to figure out a way of doing the reverse, mounting my keyboard and mouse under my Yamaha P-45 Piano. This will certainly help. Thank you.
Thanks! I’m glad the vid was helpful.
Exactly what i was looking for. Thank you very much indeed, sir.
You’re welcome. I hope it works out for you!
Thanks for the info, looks like the same project that I am working on since I have a new desk without a keyboard tray 👍
Thank you for the comment!!
Thanks for the vid , I'm about to install one myself .
Thanks. I hope it goes well!
Super informative! Thanks soo much!
Thanks for letting me know it was helpful to you!
Nice job. I also recently did the same thing. Great to get the big MIDI keyboard out of the way.
Thanks. The MIDI just takes up too much space.
Just what I was looking for, thank you !!!
You’re welcome. I’m glad it was helpful!
Great result. Thanks for the inspiration.
You’re welcome. I hope it works out for you!
Great point. I’m 5’11” and have plenty of room but if I were 6’4”???
This was very helpful 👍
Thanks for letting me know!
A very informative video. I don't need a sliding drawer for my desk, but I do figure that when the table for my model railroad layout gets built, I'll need a sliding drawer for the controller and other accessories. My question is, how would I go about building a sliding drawer about 4 feet long when the layout table itself will be closer to 10?
I would add two sides for the drawer under the desk. You could hang them with brackets or pocket screws, if you have a pocket jig. Then cut your drawer to fit. Generally the width of the drawer will be 1” less than the width between the side supports. That leaves 1/2” on each side for the drawer slides. Sometimes I go ahead and mount the drawer slides to the support boards, attach the drawer and them put the whole unit up at the same time. That way you know everything will fit. You will need help though. Someone to hold it while you attach it under the table. I hope this isn’t too confusing!!! Thanks for the comment and good luck.
@@Ray_Here Thank you for your response :). It doesn't sound too confusing, but I will definitely enlist the help of more experienced builders when constructing said drawer.
Where did you purchase your slider kit from? Can you please provide a link or the name of the store
to the sliders you bought?
You can get drawer glides from most hardware stores. I bought mine at Home Depot.
Super helpful! Thank you
Glad you liked it. Thanks!
Wow! This is the video I’ve been looking for. Plain and simple.
Thank you so much! I’m glad it was helpful.
Fantastic video, thanks for this! Subscribed
Thank you! Thanks for subbing as well!!
What wood did you use for the keyboard tray was it mdf? Thanks
I used common pine. I generally avoid MDF. Just make sure you get a nice flat board. Thanks!
thank you for the video! i manage to get some tips from it
You’re welcome. Glad I was helpful.
what type of wood did you use ?,Thanks
Just cheap common pine.
Thank you so much. Now I can do this too.
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful!!!
Thank you !
You’re welcome! Thanks for your comment!
Very good job...like it 👍
Thanks. I’m happy with the way I turned out. After a few months of use, I wouldn’t change a thing.
wow nice video i really enjoyed thank
Thanks! I appreciate the comment!
my desk has no wood or anything like that under it. it has 4 square iron legs and i dont know how to work this out... do you have any idea what could i do? and did you figure out the piano yet? lol. thanks in advance
Does your desk have a wood top? If so, how thick is it?
I’m basically a one finger guy on the piano. I use it to add bass, strings, horns, etc. when I record.
do you put the plastic back in when you put in the outermost portion?
If you are referring to the plastic clip, the answer is yes. There was no plastic piece that I removed.
RAY thank you ray
You’re welcome!
so helpful! thanks alot!
Glad you liked it. I checked out your videos. You are very talented. I enjoyed them!
@@Ray_Here Thanks a lot Ray!
Need help. Shelf under desk like your but different. I really want but can't locate hardware. Need to push shelf back to rear of desk, for knee, foot, leg room. Medical thing. MATH - DESK 35" deep, keyboard shelf 52", 11.10 deep, same as keyboard. KEYBOARD 5" tall. My frustrating issue is getting call backs from rail people. I do line the rails that lock, helps with wobble. I keep thinking how the math seems easy, finding hardware, hard. A 11.10 deep shelf that goes to the back of the desk, then pulls put 11.10" past the edge of front of desk. U could really use your help on where to find hardware or other ideas.
Hi Bill. I appreciate your frustration. Sometimes projects aren’t as easy as they are in you head!!!
It’s hard to help without seeing it in person and thinking it through. Top of mind is to perhaps use longer drawer extensions. I have always been able to find what I need at Home Depot or Lowes.
Good luck! Let me know what works as others may have a similar issue.
48" full-length rails, top-mounted, lock in place. unable to find. 48" allows the 12" deep shelf to stop at the rear of the desk. then (using the rear of the shelf) pull it out 35" plus 12" depth of keyboard and lock in place. Leaving knee room. Top mount is harder to find, 48" top mount, I have not seen. I wish I could send you a picture.
Bill, I don’t share me email on my channel due to privacy concerns. So I don’t know how you could share a picture. Here is an option. Take pictures and or video of your desk issue and upload them as a video to your TH-cam channel. Let me know when you do that and I will look at the video.
Hi Bill! Did you find a solution?
I have not. Cabinet places won't discuss weight stress, parts people local know nothing, commercial sellers of larger slides will not discuss a project. Imagine a desk 64" wide between rectangle and strong legs. Depth of desk, 35". I need a box that contains the keyboard, 54" x 12". With the box and shelf inside 2 sliders bring the 12" box forward to the front edge of the desk. At the locked position at the front, 2 other rails, bring the shelf out alone ro a 12" locking position. Remember the law of dynamic movement. Those rails have to be strong enough to prevent up down, right left moment. Not hard hot rock, acoustic but still must be solid. I have a rough drawing but nobody will talk about the pure width of the box vs. Sliders. I wish I could just send pictures so someone with a larger brain could say this is the best way. This this the last thing after losing my small building to a tornado. I just want to get back to writing and doing all the work my wife wants me do now working at home. I do not know how to share my email with someone and not get a zillion spam hits. Any ideas out there? It was a bad month to try not drinking anything to test my body hahahahahaja. Thanks for caring guys and girls.
Hey @Rmarvids - Thanks for the video! I'm looking to do something like this. Wondering if you remember where you go those sliders. Have a link by chance? I'm looking to do something like this with a wider keyboard soon. Thanks in advance!
I bought them at Home Depot. I’m sure you can also find them at Lowe’s, Menard’s or other big box hardware stores. I used 14” extension sliders. The size may be different based oh your needs. You can also connect the side boards with the sliders to the underside of the desk. Good luck!
I was not able to find at Depor or Lowes because I am stupid and want to push the box, shelf back for bad knee room. I frustrate my self. I hope yours goes great. ME,I am about to run head 1st into a tree. KIDDING...or am I haha.
Marcus, if you needed to push the box hiding the keyboard back r0 23" from front edge AND need to pull the shelf out from the front edge 12" and lock to play, what would you change? It's my knee, has yo have space in the event soon they replace it. I would love to hear from you. If any out there do this stuff like folding clothes, I would try to find some money to get a drawn plan. I finger picked at the feet of Doc Watson but this is cooking my noodle. Perhaps four of us could team meet and I could get really embarrassed at the brain power. Then let's write a hit and hire someone next time hahahaja.
Thanks man! :)
You’re welcome!
Thank you dad...yeah I am claiming you as my 2nd dad :D
Thanks for watching!!!
Luh u man😅😅❤
Thanks for watching!
Good job sir. but your knees are touching the wood. Its too low
Thanks. My knees didn’t touch the shelf. I had plenty of space. Having said that, I built a new studio desk and kade it about 3” higher. Check out my video on that. It came out really nice. Thanks for the comment!
Since we come in all sizes, may be worth reminding anyone doing this not to forget about having enough clearance for their legs. Ask me how I know 😳
Good idea!
Morale: never give up on your old desk
Ha! I finally had to. Check out my video titled “IKEA Studio Desk Hack”. Thanks for commenting!
If you ever need help with music theory, I graduated music composition and happen to be a teacher, contact me if you ever need help
Thanks. I already have a music teacher nearby who is also a luthier. I learn a lot from him!