Destroying a well known synth to build a Rhodes (reface CP)

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Building a custom Rhodes inspired piano for my home studio from a Yamaha Reface CP. More about Munstre at munstre.com
Links for each element in the build:
Yamaha Reface CP amzn.to/4avpdea
M-Audio keystation 61 amzn.to/3H0i6N6
M-Audio metal sustain pedal amzn.to/3ttHc3W
FOSI mini amplifier amzn.to/3RywRM3
Eminence 8ohm speakers amzn.to/3H0fNJW
Adhesive backed wheel weights amzn.to/3tuaWxA
Right angle MIDI cable amzn.to/48c0j1C
Tisino ¼” cables amzn.to/487TfTO
Tisino RCA to ¼” cable amzn.to/47aYtwH
Speaker grill cloth amzn.to/3vdLi0N
Under desk cable management tray amzn.to/477nYPj
VALCHROMAT panels trinityinnovations.net/produc...
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:38 Reface CP TEARDOWN
07:41 Adding weights to MIDI controller keys
09:00 Building the MDF piano enclosure
14:35 Resawing bookmatched Walnut
21:32 Shaping the piano control panel
26:36 Brass knobs for MIDI controls
32:39 Speakers and Rhodes piano top
42:13 Outer Walnut panels
45:08 Adding felt to piano keybed
46:10 Walnut side panels for Rhodes piano
48:39 Wiring the piano & rear panel setup
53:32 Completed piano & sound demo
Yamaha #reface #teardown #diy #woodworking #piano #recording #homestudio

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@chrisjaustin88 5 месяцев назад

As a wood worker and an audio engineer, this is the epitome of a perfect video for me. This is great stuff, thank you.

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

🤘 So glad to hear it, thanks very much for the message. I was hoping there would be some fellow woodworker/engineers out there to come across this project!

@fublebubbles 5 месяцев назад

Same here! Huge Rhodes lover too. Great project.

@RemindMeToBuiild 5 месяцев назад

Yes to all this! Congrats on an amazing project.

@adrianhenriquez3415 5 месяцев назад

As someone who is neither, this is still the epitome of a perfect video hahaa

@venerablesmokey 5 месяцев назад

Same background here. Nice project. Great video (editing, voice over, humour, …)

@jonathanstrachan8136 5 месяцев назад

As a woodworker, rocket scientist, computer scientist, astrophysicist, lumberjack, professor of philosophy, and president of the United States, this video really hit home with me. Thank you for your hard work, and it turned out amazing. 👍

@jeffconley819 5 месяцев назад

I’d buy some plans for a basic cab

@BrettsWoodshop 3 месяца назад

🤣

@tissuepaper9962 5 месяцев назад

I admit that I was slightly disappointed that you weren't going to recreate the actual Rhodes mechanism, as that's what the title suggested to me, but I still watched and enjoyed the entire video. Nice work!

@tballew 5 месяцев назад

"can you build a wooden box around a pre-made midi controller and a pre-made midi instrument" answer: yes.

@sommelierofstench 5 месяцев назад

yeaaaa. still cool but making a nice fascia for a keyboard isn’t what i was exited to watch either!

@nathaneliaskocivar477 5 месяцев назад

hahah precisely. @@tballew

@MrKadvaga 5 месяцев назад

Doh, I feel tricked!

@bonetmax 5 месяцев назад

Yeah man, somehow this was a nice clickbait 😅

@FelixStatik 2 месяца назад

As a former Fender Rhodes 73 owner and general DIY enthusiast your video is inspiring to say the least.

@jakevargas4858 5 месяцев назад

As a Rhodes Piano, this video really reminded me of my childhood. Great work

@craftedworkshop 5 месяцев назад

Awesome work man, what a cool project! The Reface series are so darn fun but I can’t imagine how much better it’d be with a nicer keyboard and speakers.

@infn8loopmusic 5 месяцев назад

I hook mine up to a little fender bass amp and it is so great!

@GizzyDillespee 5 месяцев назад

The CK88 is like a Reface CP and YC combined, with some MX sounds too. Yeah, it's fun! I don't think it has the toy piano from the Reface, but nobody misses that.

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for checking it out! Yeah the reface series is quite underrated, but beloved in the “underground”… I’ll be picking up another one and figuring out what I can do with it 🤙

@craftedworkshop 5 месяцев назад

@@Munstre if you do sell plans, I’d love some of the design files so I can run them on my CNC.

@thelevicole 5 месяцев назад

@@craftedworkshop the woodworker musicians want to see you collab on some stuff like this ;)

@bluch251 5 месяцев назад

As a wood patternmaker and aerospace toolmaker your process of engineering, design, CNC modeling and hand work is oustanding to say the least...absolutely beautiful. Top shelf pro work.

@desktorp 5 месяцев назад

I, too, prefer to drop big pieces of metal on to sensitive circuitry whenever I get the chance. Truly a man of kindred tastes. (chef's kiss)

@Belquer 5 месяцев назад

Clear, in depth, entertaining, extremely well shot and edited, good soundtrack and the project is wonderful. You can’t get closer to tutorial perfection!

@Jinji11 5 месяцев назад

This is the best Christmas gift I could ever ask for. You’re literally doing the kind of work that I’ve been chipping away at for a while now. I’m grateful to all the music technologists/musicians and woodworkers/Maker’s out there. Combining the skills and passions is one of the keys. This video and build is a special piece of art. Grateful✨Much love and many blessings in the new year

@jqlee86 5 месяцев назад

This is incredible. The piece looks amazing and is so thoughtfully designed. Video is so well done and I really appreciate the great explanation of the rationale behind every design choice. I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while and now I’m 10x more inspired. Looking forward to seeing more!

@RZHirschhorn 5 месяцев назад

Wow! I'm so impressed with your patience, attention to detail, your taste, and hard work. It's just beautiful. Congratulations!

@awesomerockets 5 месяцев назад

As a guy who mostly makes wood scraps and never finishes songs, I salute your skill, tools and commitment to such an overwhelming project. The result is nothing short of stunning.

@austropop1970 5 месяцев назад

I very much enjoyed watching this. Felt very contemplative with the music and your calm voice. As a just starting woodworker and a hobby electronic dawless musician two of my favorite things come here together and gave me lot of inspiration. I am grateful for that. Thank you!

@brasman8 5 месяцев назад

Stunning! Thank you so much for the fun to watch quality video. Looking forward to seeing more of this channel in the future!

@TraneFrancks 5 месяцев назад

What a beautiful outcome. Well done! I really enjoyed watching this.

@Akamig. 5 месяцев назад

As someone seriously considered building it from the scratch, like coils, pickups, actions (from fatar, I guess) and stuff when I was in colledge, since I couldn't afford the real rhodes, this is the topic I really dig into. thanks for sharing this awesome project! (I just end up satisfied with VST with nice audio interface with okay response delay)

@adamntbk 5 месяцев назад

Went to “colledge”; doesn’t know how to spell ‘college’

@JubbLaRacing 5 месяцев назад

@@adamntbkF off grammar nazi.

@Chris-sv8ty 5 месяцев назад

@@adamntbk maybe he went to a foreign college

@cataclystp 5 месяцев назад

@@adamntbk english speakers try to understand that not everyone speaks english as their first language challenge (impossible)

@TalynStormcrow 5 месяцев назад

@@cataclystp also neurotypicals, try to understand some people have dyslexia etc challenge extreme..

@jacksonbuckner9641 5 месяцев назад

Easily one of the top videos on this platform. Great woodworking driven by love of the craft and love of music. I'll be going through your whole catalog before too long! Simply stupendous

@Oblentehands 5 месяцев назад

Wouw, stunning work and craftmanship. Congrats!

@raybuns 5 месяцев назад

I own a Reface CP and a Keystation 61 and I've been dreaming of combining them into a single unit for gigging. Fear of damaging my gear during teardown has kept me from diving in -- this video is exactly the reference material I needed. Thank you so much for the in-depth coverage!

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Awesome! Glad to hear it, hope the teardown project goes well! Just keep track of the individual screw locations and all that, if you end up feeling like it’s getting too complicated you can easily put everything back in place without any trouble. There are no “can’t be undone” moments that I encountered with either the reface or keystation (up until the point that I bandsaw apart the entire keystation haha). Good luck!

@alksv 5 месяцев назад

Such a treat to see an artist at work. Sublime work, Christopher!

@apecityelectronicsoundstudio 5 месяцев назад

Stunning work, a beautiful piece to both play and look at.

@ConwayBob 5 месяцев назад

What a beautiful thing you've made. Thanks for sharing.

@kamilchosta5526 5 месяцев назад

A thing of true pristine beauty. I'm speechless. This is a wholesome art, the recording, the editing, the voice-over, the idea, the story, the woodworking, the instrument. Hats off

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for checking it out, and for the kind response!!

@5kN9 4 месяца назад

@@Munstre pretty cool, but the video title is really deceptive

@BrettsWoodshop 3 месяца назад

Is it though?@@5kN9

@leoleoleonor 5 месяцев назад

I'm a woodworker and an audio engineer, and for years i've thought for brief moments "what if i try to build a wooden rhodes by myself, with the metal strips and the pickups and all" and when I think about stuff that way, i only get the motivation to do it whenever someone makes a huge youtube video going into detail on how to make it. I clicked this video thinking it was finally going to be that, but when I saw your project idea it opened up a lot of possibilities I haven't thought about, because handmaking a rhodes is probably extremely expensive. This is a brilliant idea sir, and you gained a new subscriber! Thank you

@sean_patten 5 месяцев назад

Incredibly beautiful work! Absolutely love the vintage look and this long format video was very satisfying to watch.

@mf966 5 месяцев назад

I waited so long for this vid and it surpassed everything I had hoped for. The piece is brilliant. That build is a dream. So much work. The detailed video is also so so so well done my man. Thank you so much for this. So fkn dope.

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

if you've been waiting since I originally mentioned this project then you've definitely held out for quite a while haha! Thanks so much for sticking around, and for the kind words!

@andyrharris 5 месяцев назад

Amazing project, so cool and calming to watch also..

@ryanriggs9963 5 месяцев назад

I was absolutely shocked seeing that this Chanel only has 1k subscribers. The production quality of this video is some of the best I've seen on the platform. I love the concept, and I definitely want to get my hands one one of those Yamahas now. Awesome content man!

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much man! Haha I worked like crazy on this video (and project), it’s what pushed me over the 1k subscribers…so glad it seems to be connecting with people and isn’t too niche’d down! 🤙

@ASJerrell 5 месяцев назад

Easily my favorite and the best produced video of the year. Subscribed instantly

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

This is so nice, and I’ve seen this comment a few times here….as an avid YT watcher I truly did not think people would think so highly of this video, it’s so nice to hear it as I did put a ton of work in! Thanks so much for watching and your comment

@andreasrasmussen5 5 месяцев назад

This has been so inspiring to see. Thank you, and happy new year from Denmark;) thanks again for a very inspiring video :)

@JayKaufman 4 месяца назад

This is incredible and absolutely beautiful work. Wow!

@pczYT 5 месяцев назад

I love the sound of these Refaces and wondered if it was possible to transfer it to a bigger keyboard. You went a 1000 steps further than that! Great project! Congrats!

@djdksf1 5 месяцев назад

This is about the most inspiring thing I've seen this year. Design thinking and craftsmanship at its zenith. I use a Crumar Seven as the centerpiece of my rig, which is a pretty cool build, but your instrument makes it look like a child's toy. I was almost drooling at the finished piece. Good on ya, man!

@mhoppy6639 5 месяцев назад

That’s the word I thought of : inspiring it certainly is. Way ahead of my skill level but I might have a crack at a simple desk for my music making now !

@NaveMurdock 5 месяцев назад

Phenomenal, all around. Such a beautiful design. Well done.

@tonymckeown1314 5 месяцев назад

Loved watching this. A labour of love.

@Lalaland.001 5 месяцев назад

I understand you wanting to build it yourself, but for that kind of money wouldn't it have been cheaper to get a Yamaha CP1 second hand, you would have either spend the same kind of money and have had real hammer action. I do appreciate the time and effort you put into this build.

@RobertSlover 5 месяцев назад

this isnt "building a rhodes" its building a cool housing for a digital keyboard. click bait bullshit..... gear does not make one a real musician!

@joemcalister7105 4 месяца назад

@@RobertSlover imagine being mad at getting clickbaited into watching an awesome video of a guy making a beautiful keyboard. Anyway he says it's not a real rhodes in the first 3 minutes of a 55 minute video

@AndrewKennedyMusicOfficial 2 месяца назад

It would have been cheaper to buy a Rhodes!

@Lalaland.001 2 месяца назад

@@RobertSloverHe was talking about not being able to get hammer action for that price. Hence my comment. Have a good one.

@joemcalister7105 2 месяца назад

@@Lalaland.001Check who I was replying to again ;)

@contrabone10 5 месяцев назад

So funny, I bought the reface and then got the same 61 key controller to have full-sized keys. Used to own a Mark 1 studio Rhodes (with 4 12’s) and mistakenly sold it after 40 years. The Yamaha does indeed punchcard way over its size. Awesome job on your custom enclosure.

@bob-rogers 5 месяцев назад

Wow. Gorgeous work. Thanks for sharing!

@oneleaftree86 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely incredible work and a very well filmed and edited video. The finished product is stunning, well done!

@porkpie2884 5 месяцев назад

I thouht this would be a remake of an actual electromechanical Rhodes

@ora_veugle 5 месяцев назад

that's amazing! Beautiful woodworking, but your film making skills are impressive too ! Keep at it!

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot, I really do appreciate it! Definitely been working to improve on the filmmaking front as well 👍

@merkleymerkley 5 месяцев назад

Agreed, top notch production, soup to nuts.

@philosyche 5 месяцев назад

@@Munstre woodworking, engineering, designing, filmmaking, editing, composing, literally everything shining thru. ur amazing!

@CRAETION_ 5 месяцев назад

Super cool end result! Loved watching the process too

@AerioNauts 5 месяцев назад

My god what a video!! Amazing seeing months of work in a super well edited and narrated hour of joy. I’m a huge fan of my CP so seeing it transform into a beautifully crafted piece was so enjoyable. Best hour I spend in a while. Gorgeous result, congrats!

@sethprice1847 5 месяцев назад

3 seconds in and I’m hooked

@conormadill4695 5 месяцев назад

Incredible. Have been dreaming up the same kind of thing since they put out the CP Refaces. So many details you have added are such a huge improvement, and I'm stoked to see that the first one done was done in such an inspiring and high quality way. The weighted keys and integrated speakers are such a great touch. Would love a little bit more detail on how everything is wired together on the inside -- do you have photos of how you wired the power strip and the cable routing? Planning on doing a similar build but on the Wurlitzer side of things, with smaller speakers and a smaller keyboard. Thanks for making that possible.

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thank you very much! Yeah I wanted to detail exactly the power setup, there are actually power strips that have a master outlet that controls the remaining outlets when it’s powered on. So it could be set up that once the amp is powered on the remaining elements come on (midi controller/CP) I think that would be a simpler way to go than I did, but I’d already wired it up my way. Also, I know how I wired mine is safe / but it’s still modifying an electrical path and I don’t want the liability of showing people how to modify a power strip haha!

@paulammon9746 5 месяцев назад

this looks amazing. love the dark wood and the front panel.

@CorbenEdward 5 месяцев назад

Glad this came on after another video randomly, amazing build!!

@supakow 5 месяцев назад

This is the first time I'm seeing your channel and this is fantastic content. I miss my Mark 1 88, my Hammond M3, and very early pre-lawsuit Paul Reed Smith clone. I have an 88 key M-Audio keyboard that I would happily sacrifice to a project like this. I would love to see a build list for this.

@stickyfox 5 месяцев назад

No, it simply cannot be done. Harold Rhodes didn't even build one. He found all his inventory in an ancient temple.

@dawsonzinza1671 5 месяцев назад

Wow!!!!!! Such a cool idea. Absolutely beautiful

@billyparham630 5 месяцев назад

this is absolutely breathtaking work. incredible job!

@Paul-uy1ru 5 месяцев назад

Cool project. But why skimp on the sound and keybed? Pianoteq has way better sound than the reface. And for keybed there would have been way better actions. Surely more expensive but with all the time and casing investment it totally would have been worth it.

@adamphillips1263 5 месяцев назад

Please post the video when you build yours with the Pianoteq - we'd all love to see how it's done!

@sickcallranger2590 5 месяцев назад

Loved the inclusion of Everything in its Right Place. In my opinion the hands down best tune to test these kinds of sounds on.

@RPLKTR 5 месяцев назад

It's an awesome tool to test 12 notes out of 73 notes a typical Rhodes has.

@jessj8313 5 месяцев назад

This is an absolutely stunning piece of work.

@mattybrookes1 5 месяцев назад

Everything in its right place. Beautiful!

@MysticFrequencies 5 месяцев назад

Where are the tines? Pickup coils? its not a homebuilt Rhodes when its just a very super nice made wooden case holding electronics and plastic keybed. Love how it looks and it's a very nice project, I love it, but your title is very misleading click bait.

@5kN9 5 месяцев назад

clickbait title, I thought you would be building an actual rhodes

@R3TR0R4V3 5 месяцев назад

Same. :/

@kanpaifighto 5 месяцев назад

having plans for this would be AWESOME. This was such a cool video!

@zac5900 5 месяцев назад

Really great video. Love the way this whole thing was represented. Great job.

@digo8167 5 месяцев назад

So you didn't build a Rhodes you built a custom controller for the reface.

@R3TR0R4V3 5 месяцев назад

Exactly. Very nice job on the reface, but it's not an electro mechanical keyboard, like an actual Rhodes.. I assumed he was going that route, since Vintage Vibe makes tons of repro Rhodes parts, and even has their own line of electric pianos. 🤷🏻

@ErinIsBlueBlue 5 месяцев назад

Not a Rhodes. A Rhodes is an electro mechanical piano, it's its base definition. Other gut transplanted work to a midi keyboard is an insult to the brand. Can you build a Rhodes ? No you can't. Can you plug a Yamaha CP to a master midi keyboard, i'm glad you can.

@fredman727 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, but it's still cool.

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

No no the Yamaha reface CP is the original Rhodes they came up with the sound and invented usb too

@areyoukidig 5 месяцев назад

This is incredible! Great job!

@uglytattoo 5 месяцев назад

i think it's actively misleading to describe building an enclosure for a digital piano as "building a rhodes". i'm sure it still involved a backbreaking amount of labor, but advertising your video like this will make it harder for people who actually build electric pianos to stand out and be rewarded for their work

@WATTWENEED 5 месяцев назад

Just buy a Rhodes

@THECONTINENTALMAN Месяц назад

yeah because he's gonna magically whip out 6000€ out of his pocket.

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@leointernetdrip 5 месяцев назад

This is so amazing. All the small details are breathtakingly beautiful. I very much respect the effort and focus it must take to go through with such a big project.

@johndecelles 5 месяцев назад

Beyond cool, you're so good at what you do. Not to mention the music behind it all. Thank you for sharing!

@prvlnrzrlv4797 5 месяцев назад

Dislike for the clickbate, it’s not rhodes, it’s not ep, it’s just teared up controller and digital instrument combined together

@mechasartre3694 5 месяцев назад

Really miseducating folks on what a Rhodes is and how one works yoooooo

@tonyvalenzuela4668 5 месяцев назад

beautiful execution very inspiring

@sjay4673 5 месяцев назад

This is an amazing work of art! I just subbed. Looking forward to more great content from you, Munstre! 👍

@mirkomarkovic3438 5 месяцев назад

I thought you built a rhodes, but it's just an enclosure for that shitty reface

@grungeramen4465 5 месяцев назад

Fake and misleading title.

@simonedarchivio736 5 месяцев назад

I think this is the cleanest woodwork i've ever seen, precise clear and meticulous. Good job

@ardobkin 5 месяцев назад

Remarkable work. Built my studio a year ago and got into wood working in the process. Your work is awesome. Be proud!!

@parkerstang1342 5 месяцев назад

Nothing short of inspirational! Thank you for including links to every bit of the build, the wheel weights specifically being an eye opener for me. Amazing!

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! The wheel weights were the moment for me that really broke open the project honestly, I knew it would be long build and I didn’t want to have something tacky feeling at the end of it. For $12 and just a little time it’s like the most worthwhile mod for these style keys. Even outside of this project, a MIDI controller could be slightly disassembled, weighted, and then assembled again and now you’ve got a much nicer weighted feel to your controller 🤙

@mcc5651 5 месяцев назад

The craftsmanship is so fun to watch. Thanks for the video, true gem in all of the 3d unfinished print diy projects i see. People tend to forget how much work goes into the actual finishing let alone the standard of finishing you do. Great job

@CatFish107 5 месяцев назад

Bravo! I appreciate how you went outside your comfort zone with the metal work.

@kevindraw314 5 месяцев назад

absolutely incredible build. What a great instrument you created!! loved the video and the end result is amazing.

@chrisdavis566 5 месяцев назад

What an incredible, inspiring project!

@mistermac56 5 месяцев назад

Nice work. The music throughout the video was perfect.

@abelpf1 4 месяца назад

Incredible work

@mdnghtppl0000 5 месяцев назад

such a peaceful watch, thank u for sharing ur process

@sylvaind9086 5 месяцев назад

Whoa!🤯 Superb work!

@gavinlewis2264 5 месяцев назад

Beautiful build. This is a much higher level execution of something I have been wanting to make myself. Thanks for the inspiration.

@insert_moniker 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely amazing! The level of craftsmanship and creativity displayed in this build is remarkable. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.

@somatoad 5 месяцев назад

A true work of art. Incredible!

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@muziekfeestje8635 5 месяцев назад

Very impressed with this project!

@froggyevan 5 месяцев назад

I love the cinematography. Everything about this video makes me happy.

@bustascantcomprehend 5 месяцев назад

Yes man please publish the plans for this beauty! I’m just floored by the level of care you put into it.

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! I’m trying to figure out the best way to make simple plans for this one

@ShortP1089 5 месяцев назад

absolutely insane what you achieved here. great stuff!

@klystermeister9134 4 месяца назад

Amazing build, well done, that grill is next level.

@davidbantle7992 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic Video a pleasure watching a true perfectionist at work. Thank you

@cheffing 5 месяцев назад

I'm so impressed by this. The piano looks amazing.

@jimihamlin 5 месяцев назад

Wow, this is super cool! Very inspiring - Great work!!

@danlampton 5 месяцев назад

How cool. Great idea and incredible work. Thanks for sharing.

@markaprill6501 5 месяцев назад

Awesome looking piano. Cool Idea.

@finkalban 5 месяцев назад

i love everything about this video. the amazing and beautiful work itself, the music, the editing, your voice, your humour...truly astonishing what you've created here. thanks a lot for that!

@Munstre 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for the kind words, and for checking out the project! It’s very helpful for me going forward with further YT content

@GizzyDillespee 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for showing the breakdown of the Reface CP!