Piano manufacturers don't want you to know this one simple trick!
@DVZM.
7 жыл бұрын
Peace Among Worlds hahaha
@dwaynehawkins
6 жыл бұрын
Piano players are shocked! You won't believe what this man did!
@kosmosyche
6 жыл бұрын
gone wrong gone sexual?
@hithere4289
6 жыл бұрын
can we copystrike yukimitsu fujii
@yusufkuntoro3141
6 жыл бұрын
so people buy a grand piano at a more expensive price than upright piano
@tuan.hoang_
7 жыл бұрын
Overclock your upright piano with this small trick!
@Oke955
7 жыл бұрын
Piano manufacturers hate him!
@ba2hln14
7 жыл бұрын
Steinway hates it!
@bertpeijmen6960
7 жыл бұрын
Why would they hate it if they can improve their own uprights?
@ba2hln14
7 жыл бұрын
Bert Peijmen You clearly don’t get the joke
@ludwigvanbeethoven8793
7 жыл бұрын
wish i had this back when my ears werent shot.
@bengieg3152
7 жыл бұрын
"don't buy an upright you can't you will never be able to learn advanced piece because of gravity and how you can't hit the notes repeatedly" Japanese guy comes solves the problem with a little metal string.
@praestant8
7 жыл бұрын
Bengie g This is actually not a new concept. The Fandrich piano with its Fandrich Vertical Action (with several patents and awards for repetition) is celebrating 25 years.
@MrTommy4000
7 жыл бұрын
Del is a fart smeller
@SC-ty3tc
7 жыл бұрын
praestant8 Definitely not new, Darrell Fandrich invented the Fandrich Vertical Action that Del Fandrich (Darrell's brother) used for a little while in his Fandrich upright piano. Darrell is still manufacturing his vertical actions today.
@PuddintameXYZ
7 жыл бұрын
S C But, are Fandrich's widely availible? I understand that the Granfeel is limited in its availiblity, but that may change. The other thing is that this only requires an addition by a licensed tuner. Does the Fandrich have the same luxery?
@SC-ty3tc
7 жыл бұрын
Puddintane pianos with Fandrich Vertical Actions are being made today and no you can't just have them installed because it's a complete action This design is not new in any shape or form do your research . I would be surprised if he was able to get a patent in the US if the comment below is true. Then the patent office missed something. As for his second spring that changes the tone, If this were ever available my guess is whoever had it installed would be quite disappointed with the results. Proper Piano preparation and voicing would get you much better results in terms of tone. When it comes to a grand piano touch fast repetition is not the only factor.
@ConstantThrowing
7 жыл бұрын
Man what a clever guy. This is the essence of invention here. Simple solutions to seemingly complex problems.
@Deeznutsmynamejeff21
5 жыл бұрын
Ben Cooper i am here to alert you that you got a few likes on your comment
@binorobin
3 жыл бұрын
I have a Piano (Yamaha Upright JX113T) which doesn't seem to have the problem described in this video. I bought mine last year. Maybe Yamaha has addressed this issue in their upright pianos since this video is 3 years old?
@ConstantThrowing
3 жыл бұрын
@@Deeznutsmynamejeff21 thank you for the heads up haha
@lilpogchamp4904
3 жыл бұрын
@@binorobin hey manI just saw your same comment in another piano video haha what a coincidence
@KandiKlover
Ай бұрын
Meanwhile everyone in the west living like troglodytes
@Hsuperj
7 жыл бұрын
Wow i finally know why its so hard to do fast repeated notes on an upright
@v.dargain1678
6 жыл бұрын
HsuperJ No repetitive motion is one of several reasons why I don't like uprights . A second reason is clarity of sound . This guy is going to be rich soon .
@thesynista
6 жыл бұрын
Would one be better off to get a good digital piano in that case?
@34672rr
5 жыл бұрын
@@v.dargain1678 one of the very many reasons I hate the piano in general is because the action sucks. Even a high end grand's action is way too heavy, way too unresponsive, way too insensitive.
@slyztercoreveanged3175
5 жыл бұрын
@@34672rr but still you cant beat the natural acoustic sound of acoustic piano..be it upright or grand...maybe you can said high end digital sound almost the same..but for someone that high taste in sound, most of them will choose the acoustic sound...maybe the action is not like digital piano but the sound that produce from acoustic is just more beautiful..i starting with digital but when i heard the acoustic piano i just feel in love with acoustic right away, the sound just to beautiful to compare with digital piano
@34672rr
5 жыл бұрын
@@slyztercoreveanged3175 live yes but recorded, especially in a mix but also just piano, it's the same
@1anya7d
7 жыл бұрын
NANI?
@coltonrowley3598
7 жыл бұрын
OMAE WA MOU SHINDIRU
@poobIius
7 жыл бұрын
XD
@bavarianbanshee
7 жыл бұрын
M-MASAKA...!
@kirapiano
7 жыл бұрын
NANI?!??! INERTIA DORIFTO?!
@LpsBlueDiamond
7 жыл бұрын
LanYarD oml i cant i just cant 😂 it should not be funny because i know Japanese but THIS IS ART
@elitefitrea
7 жыл бұрын
It's cool to see continued refinement on the piano after hundreds of years!
@MrTommy4000
7 жыл бұрын
Don't be fooled. The piano industry despises change. There has been almost no evolution to the design of the modern piano. Some ground has been gained in the production of the felt hammers. And Kawai has experimented with plastic action parts. ( I like them ). However, I personally have ideas such as supporting the string downbearing from above, eliminating the need for sound suppressing ribs under the soundboard, along with many other thoughts on how to improve, not change the overall performance of this wonderful instrument.
@typicalminer2908
6 жыл бұрын
5:24 *plays c chord* this sounds totally different wooooo :0
@nightlysalvation5692
5 жыл бұрын
TypicalMiner it sound the fucking same lol
@littlefishbigmountain
5 жыл бұрын
@@nightlysalvation5692 I think she was just trying to be polite, lol But while the difference is rather nuanced (and the comparison unfair because the first piano sounds noticeably farther away from the mic), the second piano sounds considerably brighter to me. It could be for any number of reasons though, since they're different models of piano and all. While a subtle distinction, it doesn't require expertise to discern either, just attention and an ear. That difference between slightly more mellow and slightly brighter could give any song a distinguishably different sound and therefore feel, sometimes for the better and sometimes the worse. It depends song to song, people's personal preferences, etc., but iirc bright sounding pianos (Steinway's typically are bright) are more popular in countries like the USA and Japan
@tobyzxcd
5 жыл бұрын
It sounds really different? much brighter and cutting
@kirkwahmmet8406
5 жыл бұрын
NightlySalvation perhaps to your normiefag ears
@JoeARedHawk275
5 жыл бұрын
wiremessiah Wtf is a piano harp, mind sending me the link
@robertstrong8966
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this historic, needed improvement to upright piano action! Kudos to Yukimitsu Fujii. Serious pianists who can't own a grand, can now enjoy the same grand repetition speed in uprights! Many homes have no space for a grand. Many pianists lack the financial means to afford the more expensive grand pianos. Uprights pianos equipped with these two additional springs on all 88 keys are the greatest vertical piano action improvement to date!
@michaelbrown192
9 ай бұрын
So, is there any brand or model that uses this? Or is it one of those things that actually exist but nobody wants to implement them in order not to jeopardise revenue and such?
@RobertsPianos
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for an excellently made video. A couple of things that I hope may help: 1 I think the video should be renamed "Repeats more like" rather than "Sounds like" 2 Bechstein put a similar idea on their upright models I to IV and 6 to 9, made mostly from about 1890 to 1920. These work well but they add a loop for the spring to connect to, which is a bit cumbersome when you want to work on them, and also usually means that the check has to be regulated so the hammer checks much closer to the string; otherwise they tend to double bounce. However the Bechsteins sound very warm and rich and restore well. Thanks again for taking the time to show us this. If you're ever in Oxford UK please do visit us. Best wishes, Marcus Roberts
@KayvonJavid
7 жыл бұрын
Roberts Pianos I got recommend this video from one of your videos
@bennemann
7 жыл бұрын
You did not watch the full video. The latter half of the video shows a second spring that actually brings the sound closer to a grand piano's.
@-gbogbo-
7 жыл бұрын
But to tell the effect of the 2nd spring, they should have taken the same models of piano to compare with and without the spring, it is obviously not the case in the video 5:19
@ZicajosProductions
7 жыл бұрын
- GBoGBo - The first spring primarily effects how _frequently_ one can play the keys. It doesn’t really effect how the note feels in terms of resonance. That’s what the second spring is for... minimizing the fraction of time the hammer hits the string to hopefully maximize the resonance (vibration) of the string (by not limiting it as much).
@AllenBarclayAllen
7 жыл бұрын
Roberts Pianos I wouldn't be a bit surprised if this somhow improved a concert grand .
@mgreene1409
6 жыл бұрын
So it doesn't necessarily sound like a grand piano but rather it plays more like one.
@dominic.h.3363
5 жыл бұрын
Watch the second part of the video. It plays AND sounds more like a grand piano.
@Berettadv
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly. No upright will ever sound as rich and full as a grand or baby grand. It’s the nature of inner resonances.
@Taevas___
5 жыл бұрын
Alex Vennos The Steinway & Sons upright is probably the closest sounding to a grand and that would probably cost 50K. It’s probably better to just a buy a grand.
@34672rr
5 жыл бұрын
@@Berettadv Such a horrible instrument, I can't believe our idiot ancestors came up with a rube goldberg machine of an instrument which can't even play glissando/portamento. They were simply trying to have one person play as many notes as possible. Thus the convoluted evolution of the piano, which just sucks. Not only does it lack key functionalities of musical instruments especially the human voice, the theory that developed around piano is just utter dogshit, and has colored western music with the tinge of dogshit ever since. And I am a keyboard player
@buffalowick8003
5 жыл бұрын
@@34672rr What is your instrument of choice?
@piano-link
3 жыл бұрын
5:11 Plays 4 notes on 2 different pianos. "It's totally different!" You don't say. What a revelation, not all pianos sound the same 😂
@stylusfantasticus
3 жыл бұрын
idiot girl. This system should be tested repeating in the same key at great speed while changing fingers.
@lifedoom2922
5 жыл бұрын
3:23 bold of you to assume my teacher is rich
@kacpers6975
4 жыл бұрын
bold of you to assume im rich enough for a teacher
@officialjarix
4 жыл бұрын
bold of you to assume i know how to play a piano
@jamien.5528
4 жыл бұрын
My teacher has a digital 😐
@Sam-e5g4t
3 ай бұрын
What does bold mean? 😅
@vaughanjones5933
2 ай бұрын
@@Sam-e5g4t The meaning sits somewhere between 'presumptuous' and 'arrogant'. The word infers some naivety on the bold person as well as some humour on the viewer of the bold person. It is a subtle but fun word to use when the moment is right.
@globalmess33
6 жыл бұрын
its for when you need to hit the same note 14 times in one second and moonlight sonata was a great example of that
@rtyzxc
4 жыл бұрын
Not only for long repetition, but even for 2 or 3 quick repeated notes. Upright pianos just tend to drop quick repeated notes.
@Kref3
4 жыл бұрын
Fast trills are also a thing. To play fast, you need to stay „in“ the keys. I regularly have skipped notes when I try to trill quickly on an upright since i do not release the keys completely. And why should I, my grand does not require me to. I‘d actually rather have a high quality digital (preferably a hybrid like the Avantgrand or Novus) than an upright.
@binorobin
3 жыл бұрын
I have a Piano (Yamaha Upright JX113T) which doesn't seem to have the problem described in this video. I bought mine last year. Maybe Yamaha has addressed this issue in their upright pianos since this video is 3 years old?
@ChristiRich
7 жыл бұрын
I want this for my upright. Bring it to the United States. :-)
@qualitysoftwar3
7 жыл бұрын
And uk
@justinvidad-menezes2364
7 жыл бұрын
and Canada
@ChristiRich
7 жыл бұрын
Yamaha or Kawai should add this as an optional feature to their higher end upright range. Many aspiring pianists would be willing to pay a premium for an upright that is able to play nearly as well as a larger grand piano.
@zhonghuang100
7 жыл бұрын
And China
@Alix777.
7 жыл бұрын
Not good for the low end grand pianos sales
@pathaze4299
6 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting. As a piano technician, I believe that He can make major difference in piano manufacturing. I could imagine many piano manufacturers using his new design for an improved functionality of an upright piano, whose action design has remained mostly the same for over a century, excluding earlier birdcage actions.
@juanblanco3325
Ай бұрын
Hi Path! I was curious, Have you tried to make this upgrade on any piano? Do you know think the springs he uses are probably spare parts from grand piano we could easily buy ?
@written12
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. It seems as if this little innovation should be used by all piano manufacturers. I do hope Mr. Takumi is getting credit for it and financially benefiting.
@ViolaGMidi
7 жыл бұрын
I really really want to try it.
@johnkerr99
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thank you. Summary: 2 springs added. First spring returns lever faster to allow for more notes per second (14 with vs 7 without). Second spring pulls hammer off strings faster to make the strings sound less muted (and more like a grand piano).
@joshbonner9409
4 жыл бұрын
There’s an easier way! Put led weights on the tip of the hammer tails, I’ve tried this and it works very well
@WinrichNaujoks
7 жыл бұрын
came to hear an upright piano sound like a grand piano. I did not hear an upright piano that sounds like a grand piano.
@neponsetriver
5 жыл бұрын
Ask for a refund.
@matthewrichards88
7 жыл бұрын
I think this is a good idea. There have been springs added to upright actions to improve repetition, but this system in the video looks good. Innovation like this brings something new to the table
@Wayman_Simmang
6 жыл бұрын
the man is a genius,, wonder why someone else hadnt already discovered this.. congrats to this man for his hard work!
@jimbrent8151
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Fuji. Typical of an expert craftsman, you are very inspiring.
@ilhamalbasith2618
5 жыл бұрын
7:47 "It's reary amazing" xD I'm srry
@Jimbo386000
4 жыл бұрын
Ilham Albasith I know it was so... stereotypical. Hahaha
@IcePeak99
6 ай бұрын
Oh my god... I am a piano technician and my head is about to explode of all the stupidity displayed in this video! 1. There is ALREADY a jack return spring under the jack toe, so no need for that "fantastic" invention. If the intention is to limit the movement of the jack, that can be done by a simple regulation process, or simply adjusting the jack stop rail. The presentation about the half depressed key not playing again has nothing to do with the speed of the returning jack, the jack was simply set up to trip out from the hammer butt too soon. 2. There is ALREADY a hammer return spring in upright piano actions as well, so there is no need for an extra one. I am not even sure that it is a good thing for the hammer to return to the hammer rail with inreased velocity because that will cause bouncing hammers. 3. The differences between the 2 piano's sound has nothing to do with the difference in their piano actions, rather in the condition of their hammer felt, strings, etc, and the fact that those are two different pianos with different timbre.
@rubiksmaster301
4 жыл бұрын
If all uprights had this, I would definitely buy an upright. But since they don't I had to go for a baby grand lol
@RobertsPianos
7 жыл бұрын
The other spring you added, to make the hammer leave the string more rapidly, is something we've never come across. A great idea which it would be good to try! If this works, then the title "Sounds like a Grand Piano" would make sense. Perhaps "Repeats and sounds more like" is the correct title. Marcus
@MrTommy4000
7 жыл бұрын
I think we both know what makes a piano sound like a grand piano, and that is a grand piano. C Bechsteins sound great no matter what they are. A Yamaha U-1 or U-3 have great boards and therefore sound pretty damn good. The taller the piano, the longer and thinner the bass strings are. The closest upright in comparison to a 6 foot plus grand, for me was a 1899 Mason and Hamlin . That was just a unique treasure at the school I was attending, ( American Institute of Pianoforte Technology, Moulten St. Los Angeles 1991 )
@jonarmstrong6214
7 жыл бұрын
MrTommy4000 I'm currently restoring an 1898 Mason & Hamlin Model 25 upright, and even with tired old strings, it is an amazing sounding piano.
@MrTommy4000
7 жыл бұрын
they are bar none my favorite. Mason & Hamlin had the most creative genius working for them at the time your piano was built. His name is Richard Gertz. If you want, look him up. He is the reason your piano is there with the best of them.
@jonarmstrong6214
7 жыл бұрын
MrTommy4000 Thanks for the info, I will definitely be looking up the name. I got the piano for free, before a sledge hammer was taken to it. Its now finally taking shape, and I'll be starting the action rebuild over the winter.
@MrTommy4000
7 жыл бұрын
Your piano probably has brass flanges, be careful with those. One more thing to help you... If you are replacing the hammers, talk with Wally Brooks in Connecticut. He is the best in the business. So is his wife. Good luck and have fun. I'd be glad to offer my 2 cents anytime if you need another opinion.
@GoodQuestionsLeadToGoodAnswers
6 жыл бұрын
I'm always impressed at how God's given human intelligence manifest in men. Thanks to Mr. Yukimistsu and Michelle Yamamoto to sharing it with us. Congrats to Mr. Yukimistu for his will to improve piano, this is very clever.
@moxigeren50gabe23
7 жыл бұрын
Congrats Japanese for your contribution
@weatherphobia
7 жыл бұрын
Why did they edit out the part where they look up point and scream GODZILLA!???
@octavius.augustus.
3 жыл бұрын
This guys is a legend, I wish I can get one of those
@ampac
3 жыл бұрын
This allows for faster repetitions but would also change the action because you would need to press against the spring during the last part of the key movement. As a result, the piano would feel like a spring-based synthesizer keyboard instead of an acoustic. This experiment was tried before and this why most upright piano actions have springs to reset the jack that are not in the way of the movement of the key. If you want a high quality action with fast repetition on an upright then you need to look at the premium European uprights that use magnets instead of springs to accelerate the repetition. Check as examples the Steingräber SFM or the Seiler SMR upright actions. But these uprights cost as much as 6-7 foot Japanese concert grand piano...
@kencarter6481
Жыл бұрын
I don't know what upright piano this guy has, but you can definitely play fast rapid one notes on most upright pianos without the key returning to its original position. I don't really disagree with what's being said in the video, but I've played on a lot of painos; old and new, grand and upright. I have never really had the problem where the key must return to the original position to play repeated notes, infact I find that if you play certain uprights really fast on one note it is better than the grand because the mechanism doesn't come back as fast. Specially useful when playing pieces like Ravel's Alborada Del Gracioso Personal opinion, just speaking from my experience with piano
@aaronwalderslade
7 жыл бұрын
Ignoring the comments by non piano players, this is a very exciting change. Because gravity is much more gentle than a spring, I would imagine that the longer the spring, the better. Just a thought. I don't really understand why gravity can't be used instead, using some kind of counterweight, or perhaps it would make the mechanism too involved and clunky
@letmyt3156
5 жыл бұрын
I'd guess making a counterweight would make the keys harder to press and therefore limiting the player's speed.
@johnny_eth
5 жыл бұрын
The keys need to be very balanced so they feel very light to play fast. A counterweight would make them heavier.
@yookalaylee2289
5 жыл бұрын
This isn't a new idea. Several piano manufacturers have tried springs like this over the last 100 years. What this video isn't showing you is how the introduction of another spring adds to the down resistance or, weight it takes to depress the key. Adding grams of resistance across the keyboard results in an increasingly heavy action. This spring also doesn't truly make an upright play like a grand because it doesn't actually add "double escapement" like a grand has. Double escapement is basically the decoupling of the jack from the hammer knuckle so that as the key is released the jack is free to reset sooner in the key release stroke. Also, do you really believe a solution that seems this simple hadn't been thought of already? The piano has been being refined for centuries. The best and most recent invention to increase the repetition of an upright is the Super Magnetic Action by Seiler.
@hw7348
5 жыл бұрын
I've played upright piano all my life, and I thought I was just a shit piano player and could never hope to play more complex pieces, but now I think it's just my piano.
@kacpers6975
4 жыл бұрын
It's probably not, here's Valentina Lisita playing La Campanella beautifully on an out of tune, public upright piano kzitem.info/news/bejne/xrCVvmibpmSXbII
@pianohelper8873
4 жыл бұрын
Nah dude i think he meant the actions of keys on an upright piano. I played one and the keys cant be repeated very fast. That La campanella vid you showed is just a bright piano that is out of tune but has the same ability of a grand piano that can press notes repetitively. So he isn't able to play La campanella completely.
@hw7348
4 жыл бұрын
@@kacpers6975 the mechanisms of the hammers are different in an upright vs grand. You cant play keys as rapidly in an upright, thats just a fact.
@zackeryhardy9504
2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever had your piano regulated?
@mtwg9307
6 жыл бұрын
Tirelessly to reinvert the traditional piano technology which looks nothing can go further for most of the people. This makes Japan as one of the top frontier on sicentific, industries and technologies for the rest of the world.
@34672rr
5 жыл бұрын
4th harmonic pedal is the best piano invention ever made
@LenadTJ
6 жыл бұрын
That awkward moment when you're watching this after blowing £11,000 on Grand Piano.
@stylusfantasticus
3 жыл бұрын
no upright surpases grand pianos , no matter what gadget you install.
@dibaldgyfm9933
4 жыл бұрын
Ooops! This is superstition. A well regulated upright can repeat at the same level.
@dibaldgyfm9933
3 жыл бұрын
YES that is "urban legend", a well regulated upright also repeats.
@namelessbrown
5 жыл бұрын
Modern problems causes for modern solutions.
@jimswenson6131
7 жыл бұрын
It annoys me how the makers of grand pianos certainly know that they can easily add springs to their upright pianos in order to solve these hammer-action issues. My guess is that they *deliberately* do not do it so that the consumer is forced into buying a grand piano (perhaps baby grand works like a grand?). I hope that revealing this innovation will encourage some piano makers to offer this improved hammer action on their uprights in order to make upright owners happier at a lower price point than a baby grand or grand (aside from the cost, many people don't have the space for anything other than an upright!).
@zackeryhardy9504
2 жыл бұрын
It does change the feel. Manufacturers have played around with it. del fandrich actually built pianos with a repetition spring in the states for a while. I think he actually still produces them. But by no means new. Other large manufacturers have also included them, but those pianos didn't outcompete.
@reidwelch8419
7 жыл бұрын
As a technician, myself, I would not belittle this man or the work of others, because they are making demonstrable improvements. Priority does not matter. And what have you, if a critic, created to help others today? The action of an upright can be made to repeat very well, indeed, by catching the hammers closer to the strings. An expressive, sotto voce repetition results. Anyway, the goal of technicians is to make the mechanism of either grand or upright not a mechanism, but a natural extension of the player's fingers. That these mechanisms are organic and fallible makes them all the more interesting. Like people, pianos are high strung and responsive to TLC.
@nightcoreandsloweddownsong264
4 жыл бұрын
I got a Steinway & Sons upright piano for my birthday, one and a half year ago.
@kedapofeng8993
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Reporter: *_THERE’S NO SOUND AT ALL!_*
@ictdpowerstroke4591
Жыл бұрын
Upright pianos can sound very similar to grands,,the strings are more or less the same size ,length and width
@jp4431
6 жыл бұрын
Who will win? A highly advanced and technical piece of music, or a little springy boy?
@34672rr
5 жыл бұрын
who will win, a highly advanced and technical piece of music, or a good piece of music, however complex or technical? Music has nowhere to "advance" to. People have tried and failed to advance music, but it doesn't make it any better.
@rainbowbridge4766
5 жыл бұрын
This looks like fucking tommy teleshopping
@Alwpiano
4 жыл бұрын
I've found the keys on upright pianos to be stiffer than a grand piano every time.
@armstronglance
6 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for posting this it was very interesting. Did Your modification stiffen the touch any? I’m 64, and have been playing since 5 and really never noticed this before. I play on a digital piano these days, but still have a Yamaha grand. I also had a Baldwin studio sized upright that probably needed this modification. What I don’t like the most is what I call “return oscillation”. That’s when the key keeps bouncing up and down after you let up on it. It doesn’t instantly come to complete rest. That problem prevents you from playing really fast notes or arpeggios. So I solved that problem by adding a felt stop being some of the moving parts. This was a major problem with the Fender Rhodes piano. it’s problem was a little different, the hammers continued to bounce up and down after letting up on a key. The solution was the simplest of all. I just added a long piece of felt the length of the keyboard, underneath the hammers.
@brandonkellner2920
7 жыл бұрын
My parents have an upright piano that can play notes repeatedly without having to let the dampers down. It's over a hundred years old too. There is a limit to how fast you can play it, which this video seems to be more about, but in the beginning he mentioned you can't play a note without letting the key come back all the way. That's just not true for all uprights.
@mootal2812
Жыл бұрын
What is the brand of this type of piano?
@architgupta4433
5 жыл бұрын
1:42 thanks for that insightful comment!
@benjimlem1284
5 жыл бұрын
*"only* 7 times a second" ...meanwhile I struggle with 'twinkle twinke little star' : ^)
@RayMak
5 жыл бұрын
I want one of those
@riddydoodie2944
3 жыл бұрын
man you’re everywhere
@lilpogchamp4904
3 жыл бұрын
Man finally found you having no 1k likes
@mangsang980
3 жыл бұрын
Why are we still here
@EsotericStarWarsRubbish
3 жыл бұрын
Fuck off, Ray.
@chubbyhubby3733
4 жыл бұрын
Who else got a simply piano add??
@samgray49
4 жыл бұрын
My Wurlitzer Spinet from 1940-1950 featured actions like this, they return at 3/4 of position and according to our original tuner (bless his soul) and our new one it's one of the best sounding spinets which are part of the upright piano, considering it was an affordable piano then, and never had its hammers reshapen until this year, so 70-80
@dogsbody49
7 жыл бұрын
I suspect that the title lost something in translation.
@bennemann
7 жыл бұрын
No. The latter half of the video shows a second spring that actually brings the sound closer to a grand piano's.
@ornleifs
7 жыл бұрын
Yes up to a point but the main difference is that a Grand Piano has bigger strings and soundboard, something a smaler piano can never imitate.
@interproservice
6 жыл бұрын
He meant the movie: Lost in Translation
@mashtali1
7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job. I love Japan.
@MARTIN201199
4 жыл бұрын
4:25 Maurice Ravel entered the chat. Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin
@ravell193992
3 жыл бұрын
More like Scarlatti's K.141 haha
@veng1974
6 жыл бұрын
Awww shit now I need 88 springs
@Bob3519
7 жыл бұрын
People's intelligence, ability to innovate, never ceases to amaze me. Well done.
@symondimaapi4775
4 жыл бұрын
But where can we buy this kind of piano except from japan?..They mean we should go and travel to japan to buy this piano and its very expensive to move it to the other land areas using a plane or a ship? I hope there is a branch of this piano manufacturers nationwide..
@finecrux3086
4 жыл бұрын
There are technicians that offer this technology in various countries today. Where are u located?
@symondimaapi4775
4 жыл бұрын
@@finecrux3086 At Philippines Manila
@Noaxe_Tegrinde
7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! Inventors are amongst the most important types in any society and the world. NoAxe
@slofty
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Engineers and doctors make the world go 'round!
@fw1421
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing how something so simple can make such a difference.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. I hope he has patented it!
@ericpurkey7502
7 жыл бұрын
I can see this being a big seller in the United States there are a lot of people that like the sound of a grand piano but not the room for a grand piano in the house to small this would be a solution to the problem an upright that sound like a grand piano the man in this video that developed this piano should sell it abroad he would make a fortune doing this so I hope these are sold in the U.S because a lot of people like the sound of a grand piano but have no room for one these people would buy the upright that sounds like a grand piano.
@JMRabil675
6 жыл бұрын
Please use fucking periods and sentence structure FFS.... This is impossible to read.
@ronb6182
6 жыл бұрын
It's one sentence. It may need some commas but who cares. I can understand every word.
@littlefishbigmountain
5 жыл бұрын
@@ronb6182 "I can see this being a big seller in the United States. There are a lot of people that like the sound of a grand piano but not the room for a grand piano in the house to small. This would be a solution to the problem: an upright that sounds like a grand piano. The man in this video that developed this piano should sell it abroad. He would make a fortune doing this, so I hope these are sold in the U.S because a lot of people like the sound of a grand piano but have no room for one of these. People would buy the upright that sounds like a grand piano." I didn't change anything except the punctuation (and capitalizing the first letter of each new sentence). How is that one sentence? That's easily six. It only flows like one long run-on because of the lack of punctuation. I'm not trying to crap on this guy's ability to write (and I'm pretty sure English is not his first language anyway, so props to him for being multilingual.. probably), nor am I trying to say that all internet communication has to have perfect grammar, punctuation, must be devoid of slang, and can never use run-on sentences even though they're more conversational in nature. In fact, I understood this comment perfectly fine too, but that's you and me. Obviously there are some other people who see a chunk of raw text and have trouble reading it or just don't want to struggle through that. The comment is edited too, so to be fair I have no idea what it could've said or looked like before. But how hard would it have been to at least try to break it up a little? Even if it's wrong. Just something, ya know? I gotta admit, it flows a lot better that way, and it's easier on the eyes and brain too
@littlefishbigmountain
5 жыл бұрын
@@JMRabil675 I know this is late, and I kinda already did it to an extent in my last comment, but I may as well finish fixing this comment for you and anyone else who may find it helpful: "I can see this being a big seller in the United States. There are a lot of people that like the sound of a grand piano but don't have the room for one because their house is too small. This would be a solution to the problem: an upright that sounds like a grand piano. The man in this video that developed this piano modification should sell it abroad. He would make a fortune doing this, so I hope these are sold in the U.S. because a lot of people like the sound of a grand piano but have no room for one of them. People would buy an upright that sounds like a grand piano." I tried to keep it as similar to the original text as possible
@zackeryhardy9504
2 жыл бұрын
Not this piano, but fandrich pianos are sold in the US which have a repetition spring on their action. They are pricy though. But do sound nice and have a good scale on them.
@ChampaRealLordChampa
5 жыл бұрын
That’s cool how we are still trying to improve piano mechanics and sound after all these years
@kwixotic
6 жыл бұрын
As a piano tech, I can provide some feedback on this. In the first place, this has already been accomplished with a piano called the Fandrich which is named after the tech who devised it years ago in Olympia, Washington(or maybe it was Seattle because he had a collaborator named Trivelas also design it who was located there). I played it on a prototype at a NAMM show and later on a Czech made instrument either then or on another occasion. While no doubt it appears to be an impressive mechanism, there would be a fairly limited market for this in the States unless it was priced low enough, because if it was expensive, most people would say, "why should I buy this when I can actually acquire a grand that has a grand sound to it?" (hence the title of this video is misleading because it doesn't make the upright "sound" like a grand. Instead it "plays" like a grand. Nevertheless, I wish Mr. Fujii luck with this!
@patrickjones8255
3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't look very expensive. I think it would make perfect sense. But that would cut into the ultra expensive grand piano market. So I doubt the big manufacturers have an interest in it.
@zackeryhardy9504
2 жыл бұрын
@@patrickjones8255 Well you have to factor in tooling costs at the factory the extra time it will take to ensure the tension is right for all 88 notes on a piano. an addition like this can drive up the price way more than you would think. Especially since the lower cost pianos tend to be tooled for cost with pre-assembled actions that act as a drop in. You would have to add this onto the production line which is several more steps compounded 88 times. Not to mention this does change the feel of the action. The spring acting against the jack does add tension and a lot of people don't like a different feeling action and this will be on the floor right next to other pianos that sound just as nice but for a lower cost. You can already buy a peral river grand fro 2500-5000 usd depending on the market and the store. And They do in fact sound about as nice as most of the higher priced uprights and it has a grand action. Not to mention the asthetics of a grand are generally much nicer. That is what you are competing with. so adding an extra 400 usd manufacturers cost adds about another 1000 wholesale which adds another 1000 on top of that resulting in a piano that is 2000 usd more expensive because they added 1 spring. Not to mention opportunity costs of making less pianos due to the extra time needed to make and regulate this piano resulting in lower numbers of that piano being produced driving up the cost further.
@joaoluiz5629
4 жыл бұрын
Tinha ser no português
@thesleeperhasawakened7833
5 жыл бұрын
Over 40 years ago I was given an upright piano by a friend. It was built around 1903 in America. When I had it tuned by the local tuner, he told me it was a very special piano and was an upright concert grand. He said it was specially made and also that all three pedals functioned, which isn't the case for most uprights. He mentioned that its action was aided by some sort of springs. Unfortunately the Piano tuner passed away a few years later. It does need some work (bridal stops and hammers need reshaped) and I have never had it tuned since (no piano tuners in the area). I hope to send it off to a store in the next few years to have it tuned and fixed. The keys do respond very quickly when played, even in the shape it's in. I am not a trained pianist, so there was no rush to get it repaired. Now that I am retired, I am planning on playing again. Meanwhile I have a Packard Pump organ that belonged to my great grandmother and a Hammond T500 that belonged to my mother (and three guitars, including a twelve string) so I am not without a instrument to play.
@mjt11860
3 жыл бұрын
what brand is the 1903 upright?
@hermeslord
6 жыл бұрын
wow.. wonder no one came up with such a simple solution to a centuries old problem that separated two classes of pianos.. sometimes I feel that the difference was created to squeeze more money out of grand piano buyers
@JosefFoti
7 жыл бұрын
It's so amazing! I would love to have one at home
@Borretski
6 жыл бұрын
As a piano tuner of more than 60 years experience, it appears to me that the gentleman in this video had not been trained to regulate an upright piano action properly. Properly regulated, the average upright piano action was more than adequate. Further, many better quality upright pianos had an additional spring and loop which allowed for very fast repetition. A badly regulated grand action (and I came across lots of them) won't play any better than a badly regulated upright! The Steinway model K is a very superior upright piano. Designed sometime around the 1930s, this famous model is still being made. It would take a very good grand piano to equal a good model K, and, again, carefully regulated, there is nothing in the piano repertoire that a concert pianist could not perform on a model K upright.Some years ago I made a few recordings on tape. Every person who heard them made the same comment: "Oh! you must have been playing a beautiful grand piano!" My reply was always the same: "No, believe it or not, I was playing a little Zender upright piano. But I did tune it well, and I voiced carefully, and I also spent time regulating the action before I made the recording" Even after my explanation for the nice sound, they were not convinced that I had not been playing a 'beautiful grand' So, accurate tuning, judicious voicing and regulation really assist the pianist in performance. The soundboard and strings, the peddling, and the surrounding acoustics will determine the final sound, which is otherwise scarcely influenced by the mechanics of the piano action.
@ronb6182
6 жыл бұрын
I would love to learn how to regulate an upright piano action. It's a shame you cannot take classes in piano regulation. Corresponding schools won't make you a piano 'technician. Hands on learning will.
@zackeryhardy9504
2 жыл бұрын
@@ronb6182 There are several videos that can show you how to do it. action regulation is actually pretty simple. far easier than tuning and actually one of those things that many customers could learn pretty easily though mastery does take time. You can buy reblitz's book on piano maintinance and rebuilding which will show you a lot and explains it well. Having a decent set of hammers that are well voiced also makes a massive difference. The "upright that sounds like a grand" has been a thing for well over a century. Basicly if you do a good job building an upright and make it as a high end instrament then it will perform as such. make them as most are which are hammer them out as quickly and as cheaply as possible and you cannot expect quality.
@ronb6182
2 жыл бұрын
@@zackeryhardy9504 I already have the book. I started reading it in my first year of college because the college library had it. One day one of the music teachers was out. They called our local tuner to substitute, I had a talk with him about tuning and I told him what I learned in regulation of a piano upright he was surprised I knew how to adjust the action. We began talking about different subjects on piano regulation. I would like to find the kit for making the piano action faster. I have a chopped upright you know the ones with the mirrors on top. That would be a good candidate. I have parts to convert the piano back from another tall upright. I thought about restoring the instrument. I believe it would sound good. The piano was a player at one time but the player parts were gutted. The only thing you cannot put a sostenuto pedal on an upright unless it's electronic. I don't use that pedal much but there are pieces that require it on some classical pieces. My upright has only two pedals.
@tacky7series
7 жыл бұрын
This VDO is very usefull. It provide technical idea to modify my piano.
@davidbee8178
7 жыл бұрын
Unless you are a VERY experienced technician don't even THINK about doing this by yourself - you may as well throw your piano away if you do!
@thehashslingingslasher7017
7 жыл бұрын
Paramut Varapreedee do you know the name of the song at 6:29?
@tacky7series
7 жыл бұрын
TheHashSlingingSlasher It was moonlight sonata 1st movement. This song consisted of 3 movement. The 3rd movement is very fantastic.
@thehashslingingslasher7017
7 жыл бұрын
Paramut Varapreedee thank you very much
@yourotherleft
5 жыл бұрын
7:47 why you sounds like Barbara from Shark Tank? And for that reason I’m out.
@HunterShows
5 жыл бұрын
This is just a ripoff of Dragon's Den. And for that reason, I'm out.
@kalpeshpatil1245
6 жыл бұрын
*OVERCLOCKING*
@sherwinrasmusenmusicchannel
4 ай бұрын
Greetings, classical pianist. The Yamaha U1 is so popular for several reasons and it will be my next upgraded piano(currently own a Clavinova 745). It is popular because Yamaha is one of the most trusted brands and a billion dollar industry, they even bought the rights to Steinway and Bosendorfer, just to improve their pianos. #2 the price is right, you can get a Yamaha U 1 for about $7,000 which is affordable for most of us. The U1 is an upright piano but I would say it has the same power as an baby grand. Question for the engineers is there a way they can put a repetition mechanism in the U1 so it won't have this problem or that is just the problem with a standing upright? You could get a grand but a 6ft Entry Level Yamaha C series will cost you $15,000 US.
@ZicajosProductions
7 жыл бұрын
Why don’t more manufacturers do this? To entice musicians to buy the more expensive instruments? I’m glad I came across this video because I’ve wondered why it is noticeably more difficult to play fast songs on my upright than on grand pianos... and uprights have a slightly “heavier” feel to the key depending on the brand. I’m glad they also mentioned the lower vs. side mount of the hammer and how it affects resonance. I hope more companies can implement this new mechanism!
@gideondegroot3676
5 жыл бұрын
Joe N. Pleyel used it and the people didn’t like it because it played way too hard
@darrinsiberia
3 жыл бұрын
It would increase the price. And most small uprights are only played by non serious players anyway.
@velcroman11
2 ай бұрын
In Japan the piano industry is in decline. In China the Pearl River Piano company makes 1 million pianos a year. The moral of this is cheap wins over quality? What is your opinion.
@BazzaTheMan12
7 жыл бұрын
What song was being played at 6:20?
@mickkennedy1344
7 жыл бұрын
'Moonlight Sonata' -- Beethoven
@cemanell4099
6 жыл бұрын
BazzaTheMan12 mvt 1
@jeremiahramirez6458
6 жыл бұрын
BazzaTheMan12 , I was just about to ask that question, I see now
@ericchan4793
4 жыл бұрын
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@weatherphobia
7 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/yqyrya6Eg4KmlaQ really - lol SHE SAID rearry AMAZING INSTEAD OF really "YES IT IS REARRRY AMAZING" LOL
@dimitridehouck9506
7 жыл бұрын
Nothing new, if I'm not mistaking even Erard used it in his piano's almost 200 years ago. And it has nooooothing to do with the sound.
@Clodhopping
7 жыл бұрын
And Fazer, the Finnish piano company, had this on their 1980s upright pianos. The Langer bPj System - essentially a spring to facilitate faster repetition.
@bennemann
7 жыл бұрын
Watch the full video before commenting! The latter half of the video shows a second spring that actually brings the sound closer to a grand piano's.
@ornleifs
7 жыл бұрын
Yes up to a point - but a Grand Piano has longer strings and a bigger soundboard which an upright can never imitate.
@aaronwildeofficial
6 жыл бұрын
You realise your baby grand has shorter strings than some uprights... So it ain't just string length... Baby grands were invented so the could be got up the stairs.
@99Grigor
6 жыл бұрын
Dimitri Dehouck Ah but you are mistaken. The sound IS indeed affected by the hammer. The faster a hammer leaves the string the better because it is actually in contact with the string for a shorter period of time. This allows the string to vibrate more fully without dampening the string. It is slight, but when you add in other notes this quickly has a good additive effect.
@tracyd1233
8 ай бұрын
Excellent.
@smikkelbeer6352
6 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
@DaanLam
6 жыл бұрын
Haha ik zie jou overal
@fourthlayer
6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I hope you have a patent. You deserve to be a millionaire!
@beyondannonymous9955
4 жыл бұрын
Bartolomeo Cristofori: **creates the piano** mr Fujii: *im about to banzai the frick out this lame one*
@topliner9534
3 жыл бұрын
Of course, they're not adding just two springs. They're adding 2 times 88 keys = 176 springs.
@tobyranson2496
6 жыл бұрын
Playing the same key more than 7 times a second will not affect the pianos preformance. This is not a 'historical discovery'.
@patrickwhiting4831
6 жыл бұрын
Clearly you've never played the second Hungarian Rhapsodie. Ah that C#
@brent3522
5 жыл бұрын
Scarlatti's k141 would like a word
@justelynnnjoelle
5 жыл бұрын
Ravel's Toccata and Moszkowski's Caprice Español would love to chat with you.
@nathanr.7145
5 жыл бұрын
This makes me cringe so hard and I really hope that its an April fools joke that was released accidentally half a year early. First of all, what makes a grand piano a grand piano isn't the maximum speed you can hit the keys. Second, it literally sounds the same. here take a listen: not a grand - 5:15 , a "grand" - 5:23 wtf the small difference is probably just because of the distance of the mic from the piano. I have no idea why I even care its 3 am and youtube recommended me this
@trafalgar1938
7 жыл бұрын
The sound should have nothing to do with it. The strings, hammer felt and soundboard etc determine the sound. The spring shown, affects the touch and to give the ability to rapid play of a note.
@bennemann
7 жыл бұрын
Watch the full video before commenting! The latter half of the video shows a second spring that actually brings the sound closer to a grand piano's.
@edwinschi
7 жыл бұрын
ColinW in
@andrewsilver7048
6 жыл бұрын
bennemann It could just be that the second upright piano sounds better than the first. There isn’t any real explanation. It doesn’t automatically mean the spring makes it sound better.. Although I’d suspect action does have a bit of an impact on how a piano sounds because you’re (probably) getting more resonance with velocity, however imitating a grand piano.. that part is bs. I played on a $15k grand and several others and filmed it. Even my iPhone’s camera captured better sound quality than whatever camera they used to film this. You probably can’t replicate a grand piano without a grand piano, sadly.
@bblozan
6 жыл бұрын
The video could have explained this better. The effect in sound is caused by the fact that with the second device the hammer lingers on the string for a briefer time, reducing the dampening effect the hammer has on the string it has struck. Part of the reason grands sound so good is that gravity automatically limits this unwanted dampening. Still, even on grands technicians will play with hammer weight to avoid the hammer sitting on the string for longer than is optimal.
@34672rr
5 жыл бұрын
@@andrewsilver7048 grand piano only sounds "better" because it's louder and bigger and usually better maintained, tuned more often and usually has better rooms it's played in. The upright, like any instrument, is just an instrument, it's sound is determined by what's played on it. an 8 string bass doesn't sound any better than a 4 string bass
@paxwallacejazz
6 жыл бұрын
There is a man in Seattle who developed a similar inovation. The chance that this happened by chance is improbable. This was developed in Seattle 15 years ago by a local technician who went to Europe and Asia to try to drum up support. Somthing fishy Here?
@34672rr
5 жыл бұрын
europe and asia, that narrows it down. Japan is in asia, right? ooohh, looks like we have detective on our hands
@paxwallacejazz
3 жыл бұрын
@@34672rr no it's a small world of piano technicians
@jolettedelport8759
7 жыл бұрын
Can this technology come to South-Africa?
@weatherphobia
7 жыл бұрын
If slavery can then why not pianos.
@stefandy31
7 жыл бұрын
brutal, savage, rekt
@mottbone
6 жыл бұрын
Technology? They're just strategically placed springs... probably made from nothing more than music wire itself. Not to take away anything from the guy that came up with the idea, because it IS a good idea.
@HunterShows
5 жыл бұрын
No. This technology is incompatible with South Africa. Thanks for your inquiry, though.
@runner0075
Жыл бұрын
It already exist in Europe since about 20 years. A fast repetition mechanic for upright piano called R2.
@marloyt7786
7 жыл бұрын
Why so cringy?
@vazquezb2011
7 жыл бұрын
Trying hard to be an American reporter
@toonboy4067
7 жыл бұрын
I hope he has a patent for his discovery!
@PuddintameXYZ
7 жыл бұрын
Toon Boy I checked and he has them in Europe, the US, China, and, of course, Japan. Just wish he'd bring it over here to the US in full.
@toonboy4067
7 жыл бұрын
Puddintane Yes so do I!
@ekklesiast
5 жыл бұрын
I hope he doesn't
@davidmalachi7482
6 жыл бұрын
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15 KJV Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: Exodus 20:8-9 KJV Saturday is the day of the Lord The claim that Christ by his death abolished his Father’s law, is without foundation. Had it been possible for the law to be changed or set aside, then Christ need not have died to save man from the penalty of sin. The death of Christ, so far from abolishing the law, proves that it is immutable. The Son of God came to “magnify the law, and make it honorable.” [Isaiah 42:21.] He said, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law;” “till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law.” [Matthew 5:17, 18.] And concerning himself he declares, “I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart.” [Psalm 40:8.] GC88 466.3 Ecclesiastes 12:13 KJV Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
@tristramgordon8252
6 жыл бұрын
fuck off, imbecile
@patrickwhiting4831
6 жыл бұрын
What the fuck does this have to do with the video?
@mariluzgarcia7278
6 жыл бұрын
Bet this biotch was expecting a rain of amens. LOL!
@mjt11860
6 жыл бұрын
@David Malachi, i tried all of this & by golly, IT WORKS! my piano sounds HEAVENLY!
@ronb6182
6 жыл бұрын
Cult! these 7 day cultist need to open their eyes to God's truth. Read the whole new testament and quit leaving out apostle Paul. They are for today. The early Church worshipped on the sabbath and the first day of the week. JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD ON SUNDAY MORNING PERIOD!
@KenGru-k1c
2 жыл бұрын
Piano manufacturers dont like him 😂😂 Their job ended by this guy
@hypnagogic8028
7 жыл бұрын
no no no no no! this is all wrong. The video should be called thicc japanese woman plays with old man
@SSVplus
7 жыл бұрын
Thomas Farid The thickness arouses.
@Gruuvin1
Жыл бұрын
So.... If I don't need to play a note more frequently than seven times a second, then we're good. This was a great video, by the way. Thanks!
@markhodgkinson7299
Жыл бұрын
Had to check, but my 1896 upright piano ( straight bird cage ) already plays with the key returning to 1/3 of the original position.
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