>Someone makes an entire 3D model of how a piano key works >Animates it >Breaks it into each individual piece The audience: LOL THAT FINGER THO

who ever created the piano is a truly genius

I never realised before what a complex machine a piano is! A great piece of animation.

Great video. No talk, just animation. Very easy to understand. Much thanks to you. I hope you could make another video to explain how the piano pedal work.

that finger animation xD

really great animation of the concept. i am studying ME (mechanical engineering) in germany and i plan to take part of the ani for my presentation in english class. of course first of all it sounds a little bit odd to mix music with ME, but after watching this clip you will know why the piano is one of the most beautiful masterpieces of maths and physics, i.e. ME. :) thanks for posting this. your edit is also a masterpiece. :)

This was perfect and just what I needed. One of my keys on my Hailun 198 doesn't always reset properly. This video has helped me to believe that my problem is likely something to do with the jack not slipping off the "knuckle" on the hammer properly at all times. I guess as the piano ages some of the felt gets compressed and things need to be adjusted. I have humidity control in the piano so I think I'm going to do a bit more research then pull out the action and have some fun. (I've also got some Teflon powder that I obtained from my previous piano tech guy that I can make use of). Thank you for this video and the great animation!

Thank you. I understood things much better thanks to your animation. The excellent book I am reading "The physics of musical instruments" still cannot rival what you shown here.

Excellent video. Thank you so much for doing this.

Truly great animation! Looking forward to part 2 with the distinctive repetition steps.: The animation is short of the repetition motion, which is very specific to a grand piano action, and basically distinguishes it from an upright piano action. The animation does not show the effect of the contact of the wippen repetition lever with the drop screw. Nor does it show the upward motion of the hammer to the drop screw limit, after its release from the check. So, the jack is positioned again to repeat its propulsion motion even though the hammer is not back to it's rest position.

Thank you so much, this was extremely helpful.

Wonderful video!

Cool animations bro well done

At 3:11 , the screw against which the jack should hit to roate, is too high. This is what makes the jack rotates, and so that the other part can catch on on the cylinder on the arm of the hammer.

that finger is disturbing

It's mechanism is complicated and well engineered . Idk why they did not invent automatic rifle early on.

Excellent explanation thanks

I've never been classically trained on piano, I just play by ear... So it was never thoroughly explained how intricate a piano really can be! This is really cool actually

Awesome!

Love your videos

very good and thank you.

Excellent animation of the action of piano key and its mechanism. It would be nice to have some narration explaining the importance of the Repeater Action and its importance to the modern piano, but this is a very useful illustration of the workings of a piano.

In the resting position, the hammer shank must never touch the hammer rest as this animation shows. The only contact between the hammer and the wipen is the knuckle (or "roller") on the repetition lever. In the resting position, there should be a space of 1/8" between the hammer shank and the top of the hammer rest felt.

Exact wat ik nodig had!

It's insane how someone created this so complex

THE BEST!!

Nice explanation 🙏👍🏼

Nice explanation

2:11 so I think the small, brown ring at the right hand side is how the "let off", also known as "escapement", is done... it lets the hammer hit the string, but immediate allow for the hammer to drop back a little, so that it won't hinder the free vibration of the string. It also has to work well if the piano player release a little bit and immediately press on the same key again, to give repeated notes... to see the interaction of how the "let off" happens, a video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zpd0ddeazMWql6s.html

Nice playing sausage!

its really great to se how digitalpiano maker improve to simulate this real pianoaction. feature like escapement-let off, halfdamper function, string resonance, multi-sampling. real piano is best

Excepcional graphic

I thought that when you pressed the key it just banged a string. But this is much more intricate than the crude mechanism I was imagining

Meanwhile a Clavichord: stick with a small piece of brass lol

Zbrdast good learning

Very good video. I'd like to ask you if it's possible for me to use it for an exhibition at my school about the piano. Thank you very much for your attention.

I like animations

tnx sir

So bassically a hammer is beating the string to give note by pressing a key

This animation is awesome, but I have a question. How do the foot pedals affect the mechanical functions of the piano? Do they control the damper in some way, or do they control the strings in another part of the piano?

Now please make a video on how to understand this one.

Oups, I forgot to add spring to mechanism, let just create a creepy finger, nobody'd see.

Thank you! But who is the pianist and what make is the piano? Lovely playing and an entrancing clear sound.

Excuse my ignorance, I'm not completely clear on this. Is the jack responsible for accelerating the hammer in an explosive enough manner to hit the string hard enough to produce a tone even when you're very softly and slowly pressing the key?

The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth.

Now dont ask why grand pianos are expensive

Good looking graphics. Only: it wouldn't work because the repetition/escapement spring is not shown or mentioned.

This is the presentation of the English key action mechanism. But what about the Viennese key action mechanism? Pianos built with this action are still in use.

1:03 OUCH, MY FINGER!

casio GP-300,400,500 is now most simular to real grand action. the World best grand piano maker-bechstein, produce ther keyaction, also affordable price compare to other brands

Geweldig! Ik was ook zeer onder de indruk van je Titanic animatie :-) Welke software gebruik je?

3:21 WHERE'S MY HAND, AND MY FRIEND?

Really great animation! But unfortunately I miss the part that explains how the hammer can be triggered so fast with only a little movement by the finger

Is the part of the key that catches the bottom part of the hammer as it falls back to resting position necessary? If so, what is the reason behind that?

Mooi. Animatie van jou?

Does that work the same in a Mobile Piano??

Put some tacks on the hammer see how it sounds.

I didn't know that until now! It's now featured in Know Fast (knowfast.co)

Excellent graphics, but it doesn't show the working of the repetition lever which is the main feature of the grand piano action.

But why does the hammer jumps straight up when the key is pressed?

When your dutch but have inglish Channel,you name is:hoe is het mogelijk (means in dutch:how is it possible

0:35 damn that finger tho

I'm still not clear on what purpose the backcheck serves. Yes, it slows down the downward direction of the hammer, but why is that done? The hammer is going to return to the original resting location anyway. Thanks for any explanation!

Zou je bereid zijn de sketchup bestanden te delen ?

This is a mechanical engineers wet dream :)

Why so complicated? what's the point of all the intermediate levers to swing the hammer? its just a simple up and down motion in the end right?

Everyone is talking about the finger, but I'm more bothered that the guy isn't playing the song that is being heard.

would've been easier to put a xylophone upside down and have a bunch of seesaw mechanisms under it

I miss the SPRING¡

So we pulled the action, went through these individual parts one by one and STILL can't figure out why C below middle is clicking when pressed down. There's nothing that's fallen under it. And it only happens when the action is inside the cabinet, not when it's pulled out. *heavy sigh*

Where is the spring??

0:30 that finger 💀

how pedal work is missing?

why did they post that

The finger looks really weird.

That's the most unproportionate finger I've seen.

Somebody else heer able to play the turkish march full speed??

I already know

I'm a hot dog vendor . why I am here

Piano's used to cost a Grand.

i hungry

very interestingbut too complicated LOL

I wanna know how it makes sounds and i dont care about the names and stuff of parts

why did you delete my comment?

Who tf came up with this mechanism?

toooo comlicated

que feo