I PUT FISHING LINE ON MY PIANO and You Won’t Believe What it Sounds Like 

As an audio engineer, I enjoyed this. As a pianist, I’m crying

You should try piano strings on a bass

This guys patience is beyond our understanding

Without headphones: Wtf that just sounds like a regular piano With headphones: Sounds like an instrument stolen off the top of Mount Olympus. Beautiful. Heavenly.

Call the same piano technician and tell him there is something wrong with your new piano 😂

Put rubber bands on it. It sounds like an awful idea, but it actually is.

The "listen with headphones" part (10:14) actually sounds incredible. Idk how different it sounds from original but the timbre of the medium/low notes sounds almost "guitar-y/cello-y" (if that makes any sense) while at the same time having other components to it that makes this sound otherworldly (to me at least). Props to you for choosing a piece the went well with it (and if you didn't then it was still incredible). It makes me want to learn the piano just to replicate the experience, seriously.

As a pianist. I think something in me just died watching you cut the strings of that piano

this guy: i have an idea his piano: oh god please no

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the hard work that he did to create this video

It sounds like a slightly off harp. I like it

the low sub rate is actually a sign that the youtube algorithm loves you....

This dude deserves more credit for the amount of time and money and editing and everything he puts into these videos

Replace the piano hammers with literal hammers.

I cried when you started cutting all the wires on that piano. They sounded really quite good for something bought randomly online. It had a really great sound. I hope you have restrung it with regular piano wires now. It deserves to be used and loved.

I love the Davie 504 painting.

Fishing line on a musical instrument gives a whole new perspective on playing SCALES.

Q: What does a fish and a piano have in common? A: scales!

I really love the medium-bass strings sound, how it resonates, how soft it sounds. It's really beautiful

It's been 6 months since you did this video, and I just happened upon your channel. I'm impressed with you, with your innovation, your ingenuity, and sheer perseverance (my mom used to call it "stick-to-it-tiveness." Say it fast to get the humor. The sound on the second day sounded like an old honky-tonk piano. Not pleasant, but recognizable in a historical sense. You get a 10/10.

Next episode: replacing piano strings with dental floss

Guys when he puts piano strings on his piano its gonna be insane

From what I gather, fishing line is the VHS of piano strings: you're amazed that it works *at first,* but you're bogged down by its unrealiability.

Oh, man, it hurts to watch him cut all those strings...that piano is gorgeous 😭

When removing strings from a piano (especially a grand) you should stagger their removal (alternating from low to high and every other string) to keep the weight distribution even the entire time (as opposed to starting on one end and going down the line). Otherwise, you can literally snap the soundboard. Likewise, restringing a piano (with actual piano wire) should be done alternating sides, etc. Not doing so can be devastating as well as dangerous. Great video though! :-)

By the end of quarantine this dude's gonna have 70 pianos, all equipped with different types of strings

Every time a string breaks during tuning, my heart breaks for you

It’s fairly quiet but I actually really like that you can hear the sounds of the piano’s inner workings, it doesn’t stay in tune very well which is clear, but for the brief time it worked properly it was beautiful, and it’s impermanence is part of what makes it beautiful

As someone that has played a nylon string guitar, I can tell you that keeping it tuned with fresh stings is a constant issue. That material will just keep stretching for the first 3 weeks. It's safer to tune it once a day, to give the strings time to stretch without breaking. Also, that first week, the strings will stay tuned for less than 50 minutes.

I actually think the sound of the stings themselves is very nice. Never heard a piano sound this mellow before.

I love how honest he is all the freaking time. it's wholesome.

As a fisherman and a musician I’m thoroughly impressed great job man

This man will legit be doing a concert with spaghetti strings instead of piano strings out of spite

This man's gonna have like 5 pianos with different strings on each soon

this sounds so heavenly, like a cross between a piano and a harp.

Send a video of this to the fishing line companies. They might send you some free line or help you find a stronger line that is is small enough to work for you. I thank it's beautiful when it is in tune. Good Job!!

Wtf only 2k views in 1 hour imma share it to hell dude

I DON'T EVEN PLAY PIANO AND I AUDIBLY CRIED WHEN YOU CUT ALL THE WIRES

Dude, the amount of patience that would take is much more than I have. I love the tone of pianos that use strings. I've only played piano a little though. It's guitar where my real experience is. Played around with bass and drums as well. Great content.

Subscribed for the amount of effort you put into something as a result of a comment left by a viewer. There was more effort in this 1 video than most peoples whole youtube careers. And your reaction to it being playable was more than worth the time spent!

Should have used braided line. It stretches less and doesn’t deteriorate like fluorocarbon.

Because it goes out of tune so quickly: is there some way one could record it as samples to play with that sound on an e-piano?

Thanks for investing so much time and energy into your experiment, I hope that your indulgence to those who suggested the exercise appreciate your efforts and are now subscribers if they weren't already. Kudos for your commitment and being curious enough to modify or tweak instruments just to see what the sound quality is like. My partner once sold OOAK handcrafted instruments made by a friend of his who, years later, went on to do musical props for LOTR. we still have some of his early instruments including a harp. When we later took up silversmithing, my partner got curious about how silver strings would sound on the harp, and so experimented with making various silver alloys and drawing wires down from them ourselves. If the alloy is too soft it will be more stretchy and not keep in tune as well, too hard and it will be more brittle and prone to faster metal fatigue failure. Fun fact: after metalsmithing for a while we could identify if an alloy had been recently annealed and quenched or work hardened by pitch alone. Similarly I recall watching a tennis player, who was also a musician, restringing his racquet and being able to recognise by pitch when he had achieved the tension desired as he plucked the strings. Strings for tennis, squash and other racquet types are designed to withstand high impact under tension so brands with the best rebound efficiency, if thickness allows, may be a better candidates than fishing line for piano strings. They may stay in tune longer once they overcome the initial stretch from the first few tunings which another commenter suggested you do over a longer period of time.

Mattias, your are not only inventive, a good mechanic, but an accomplished pianist. As an old mechanic myself, and one who grew up in a house with a piano that my sainted Polish grand mother played, I appreciate all the innovative things you do with these old pianos.

PUT PP HAIR ON UKULELE!!!!!! Just kidding put violin strings on trumpet

Alternate title: “How to violate your piano in 50 hours”

Congratulations! Great experiment! I really admire your determination and ingenuity. I always loved the sound of Bach's music played on Lautenwerk (a keyboard instrument with lute sound).

I have a friend that has a small piano and he put NICKEL WOUND GUITAR STRINGS on it and it sounds absolutely amazing. It doesn't sound like your other video with all of the buzzing and weird noises. It sounds really really smooth and flat

This sounds like a modeling synthesizer trying to be a piano. Turns out that modeling synthesizers were just imitating an instrument that hadn’t yet been invented.

1 year from now: I replaced the strings of a Steinway grand piano with slinkies.

Not only does the piano look absolutely beautiful, but it also sounds amazing. Mad props to you Mattias for pulling this off.

That actually sounds really good! I like the sound when the piano is tuned! Have you considered trying to just glue some metal on to the hammers? I feel like the sound of the hammer hitting the strings is kind of disturbing. So maby if the hammer has a harder density it will sound better? Like a glockenspiel with metal sticks?

I can’t help but respect spending ludicrous amounts of time on arguably useless tasks for the sake of art. Well done my friend, well done. Subscribed!

Dude, im glad i do not live nearby and theres no chance you call me to your house to tune it :D I will just give you a little tip: im not sure if you did that or no, im too lazy to check. You can actually just tune it one semitone lower. It will be more stable. Also, do not worry about octave 7. Even with normal strings its pain to tune properly and some old pianos just cant produce tune in that area anyway. Same goes for the other end in the bass. One more thing. When you cliped all the strings off, you basicly released about 22 tons of pull/pressure. Few days after that the cast iron plate was still adjusting to the massive change. It was working against you tuning the piano. Not to mention some of the fishing lines you used just wasnt strong enought. And you need someone to show you how to properly wind up string on the tuning pin. And get some proper equipment if you ever plan to repeat this atrocity.

I think it’s great what you do and how you follow your watchers suggestions and listen to feedback. I have subscribed and thumbed up your video because all the hours you spent deserves it. Thank you.

Love your creativity, curiosity, skills , and tenacity Its amazing these pianos play at all. 👍🏻

Some historian is going to one day find these pianos and be so confused.

RU-vid: alright! I’ll put this in the recommend section in the next 10 year.

I think it sounds unique. Kind of hard keeping it tuned but when you get it there i like it. Thank you for your work on the video and piano.

The final piece was glorious. You played through the sparkling ocean as a tribute for all the fish and marine life.

"it could work" 5 seconds later: "it didn't work"

At the end of his RU-vid career he is going to have like 50 pianos all with different strings😂

Daughter : Dad ..my piano key doesn't sound ..maybe the string break .. Dad : Owh dont worry ..grab some in my tackle box ..

I commend you for the absolute insane amount of effort that you put into making a video you earned my subscription completely

Next idea : piano strings on the ukelele

I love how he just deadass bought a new piano

I loved the soft sound actually, I wish there is a solution to the quick getting out of tune issue. For the rest, sounds so nice

An amazing creation! It sounds like a cross between a piano & a harp. I've subscribed!

How about putting actual piano strings on the piano

Halfway though the second restring: “This is my job now.”

This is the first of your videos I've seen and you have absolutely earned my subscription. Fantastic content.

This is some of the most high effort content I've ever seen. Subbed.

nobody: let's go fishing Mattias: ok , just wait, i'm taking my piano

Finally someone with a lower subscriber watch time rate than me

Wow! Crazy work. Love it. One step at a time can lead almost anywhere!

I'm rewatching these videos and I want all of them as digital instruments on a keyboard so badly x)

I PUT DENTAL FLOSS ON MY PIANO and You Won't Believe What It Sounds Like LOL

It sounds very very much like an actual piano

It's nice to try things that really step out of the box. The sound reminded me of a harp or a lyre that would have a huge span.

Awesome test and kudos to all your effort to find out what you did. Impressive skills, fun and educational to watch. Thanks!!

As a beginner piano technician who started working on his degree that ill get in 3 years this is terrifying to watch. Like... we would put on new strings with the piano on its back. But like.. a really big props to you man for even trying this and completing it! It sounds weird and looks terrifying. But I love the effort you put in. You've earned my subscription sir ;) lovely work! Love to see some piano strings on a harp

Top 10 anime Villains that like torturing the main characters :

Frankly you deserve a subscription with notifications just because of all the work you've done.

Sounds like a harp in resonant timbre and dulcimer in attack timbre. A pleasing sound when it's originally tuned correctly. Would love to have this sampled.

Impressive, but can you put piano strings on a fishing rod?..

God damn friends you are subscribing like crazy!! Thank you! I’m answering comments untill my fingers bleed🎉🎉😹 Let me know if you subscribed!🙏

This was a blast. I enjoyed watching you work.

Hey, it looks like you put some hard work into this and I think it is important to know or be familiar with new and creative ways to make the sounds of music. That's what makes music a pleasure to listen to. I hope you do well with your channel!

Next up: I put tendons on my piano and you won't believe what it sounds like.

Piano needed restrung anyways, it was out of tune and everyone knows the only way to fix that is to just cut off all of the strings and replace them.

I'm not a musician and not particularly interested in the subject however in awe on how much time and effort you put into this video

Recently found your work... IN LOVE

I seriously wouldn’t be able to tell that it had fishing line instead of piano strings

Any type of string: *exists* this guy: I wonder what that would sound like on a piano *replaces entire piano with said string*

love it your hard work inspires me thank you

Thank you for spending all this time on this.

Next video idea: I PUT SHOE LACES ON MY PIANO an You Won't Believe What It Sounds Like

I think it is more impressive how many people he replied to in the comments that's the real applause

You can still procrastinate will feeling really good about yourself. Best line for commercial I ever heard!

You put so much work into making this videos that it shocked me, amazing work, keep doing good