Cleaning 80 Years of Dust From a Piano 

Hello nice work but please take caution because that the dust inside the piano maybe contains abstestos and other chemicals that on early years there were no regulation so please be becareful use always protection, greetings from Ecuador

You're only 19? Wow, you did a good job! Keep up the good work👍

I think the dude's above me are in the wrong section

HE SHOULD GET MORE MONEY FROM THIS.

Yeah cause everyone just writes off grand pianos…

oh man tysm :)) i've heard it so many times and just couldn't pin the name today. And yeah it's super inspiring to see people make something out of a dream especially in music where a stable job is never really guaranteed, and either way the video and intention behind it is super sweet. anyways hope you have a good rest of ur day!

Thank you

Want to learn it

i love playing this song so much by far my favorite

Thanks

Yes for all instruments! I got to experience a historic flute room once and it was simply amazing. Even knowing the history of the instrument (flutes have changed quite a lot!), it was still amazing to be able to look between a flute that's nearly 150 years old and my own flute which is much, much, much younger and see how similar they are. It's sort of a marvel, I think, to be able to see that.

they are wooden objects, not alive

@@bens2718 alive at some point

​@@bens2718 When does life begin and end? For me, a piano is really alive, like any other instrument.

Piano are people too

Thanks for the advice!! :)

​@@PianoDoctor it's really good advice I think

I'm going to try this on my next tune, seems like an interesting technique

It’s more because of the glue joints. Tuning from the low bass up to the last note high C. Usually is preferred. It evens out the tension. All the way up. But that’s only one way.

@@TM-jo4wz Hello! You mean during the pre-tuning? 'cause you can't start from the bottom during final tuning. The method I described I rarely use on good instruments. 80% of my job are "not bad" at most Soviet upright pianos, and it works well with them.

Just wondering, but what do you mean by "brightness"?

@@cezzy_1496 A bright piano has a clear and sharp tone with more high-frequency sounds.

@@YoujustgotJ1NXED ohh, I understand now. Thank you❤

Hey, nice video, I’m a piano tech in Florida, tape off the metal part of your cleaning brushes so you don’t scratch the plate!

Wait what

I don't have a piano and I find this type of videos really interesting ! 😄

I have a piano but tuning him is very expensive so I'm here gritting to learn to do it by myself

He do it for free???

@Evgen Konyshock in Spanish I'm fluent. Tengo un piano y como no lo puedo afinar, estoy acá viendo tutoriales a ver si lo puedo hacer yo

The sound depends on the maker and the tuning. I can always tell a Kawai piano as soon as I hear the bass notes. Yamaha tries to mimic Steinway And Sons, but never quite gets it. To be honest, I don't care for Steinway pianos, new or old. My own piano is a 1903 Gerard Heinzman 6 foot upright. The Gerard, pre 1932, was an exceptional instrument on par with the best in the world. Very expensive, of course, and the company went bankrupt in 1932 and was bought by the "other" Heinzman Piano Company. The two families were cousins. After 32, Gerard became the less expensive second line.

Erm in my opinion Yamaha usually sounded more likely Fazioli but Fazioli sounded much more dim kind of 'transparent' (like lightly hitting on wine glass that kind of sound? It's hard to describe the differences between the sound produced by Yamaha and Fazioli, you have to hear them by yourself and I kinda adore Fazioli more than Yamaha but Yamaha is great for playing Mozart and jazz and modern music I think). Yamaha don't really sounded like Steinway but Kawai does sometimes, precisely many of the times and Kawai usually sounded a bit much more muffled and 'cloudy' than typical Steinway since I heard Kawai is kind cooperating with Steinway to produce cheaper version of Steinway e.g. the Boston brand grand piano? (if I'm not wrong) By the way I'm more of Kawai person (well, I play acoustic double bass too, maybe that's why LOL) than the chirping Yamaha but I really get wow-ed by an old upright Yamaha U3 piano. It sounded so good! I wish I have the money to buy the piano LMAO I had special permission to play and practise on the old Yamaha U3 in the private music school where I had my piano lessons. Not every Yamaha sounded like piercing chirping piccolos but most Yamaha I have play before sounded so standardised across the same model but most Kawais sounded so different from piano to piano even though all of the Kawais are exactly the same model across the exhibition room! That's why, I guess

Only 19?? This kid is going to do awesome in life. Keep up the great attitude!!!

The bass strings crystalize if not used enough. That is what mutes them. The sound you are describing depends on the hardness of the hammers. Old pianos were made with hammers that are slightly softer than new. My 1903 got new hammers and bass strings custom made back in the 80s. The mellow sound did not change, but the bass notes became clear. The sound is very different to new pianos, but oh, so much more pleasing to the ear.

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Wow

Is Singapore there has some kind of Piano Technician Guild or registered association to work there as professional piano technician?

@@JoanKSX unfortunately not. You've got to pick it up from a tuner. In my case my dad is a piano technician himself so he taught me.

Get it serviced for them

I’m so glad! That exactly why I’m making these videos :) I started a similar way. I wanted to perform for a living, but I knew I needed a steady income if I ever wanted to support a family. This is a great option!

Piano strings can last a loooooong time. We have a 1889 grand at the shop I work at and it still has its original strings as far as we can tell. We came to an agreement that if they were replaced at anytime, it was probably in the 20s or 30s. Anyway, why not try to teach yourself to tune? I’m sure there are videos here on the RU-vid’s that could help get you on your way.

My 1903 upright had new bass strings wound in the 1980s. The old ones had crystallized, and so did not sound right. Because it is used regularly the "new" springs should last a very long time. Done properly the sound will not really change in the type of sound, only the quality.

I think the piece at the end was Nuvole Bianche but do correct me if I'm wrong

@@simonsennero646 I think it might be. It sounds eerily similar. I love that piece as well.

So do i

When it's a 1 time purchase or even once a year and he charges $80 an hour you pay for it within a day

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