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I just realized that we are all just watching this from the perspective of Adam's imaginary friend.

"Sign your work. Talk to each other across the ages" I love this sentiment.

"Bandsaw noises" was a fabulous idea for a shirt.

Back when i worked in restoring churches and old buildings in general, i came across signatures of former craftsmen all the time some literally 100s years old.

The metal rods that Adam cleans are known as the "tines" of the piano! This is a really nice build, as a classical musician with several of these pianos in the house it’s lovely to see some upgrades from someone with the tools! It’s worth checking out the videos from Hainbach if people are interested in more toy piano history!

As Grandpa always used to say, “ A little lubrication goes a long way”... Then Grandma would slap him on the back of his head as she walked by. I didn’t understand this till I was much older.😉

"I got a parts cleaner, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna clean some parts." Is my new favorite quote.

"A million years ago I visited London..." "A million years ago I was driving through New York..." Must have been a busy year, huh?

6:24 that was almost the Dance of the Sugar Plumb Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite!

"we don't have budget for that" tees coming this fall (no doubt)

You know what is so special about why you record yourself and deal with the stress of filming and editing? Im in my happy space watching you in your's. It doesnt matter the project but what does is you teaching to other's to find your happy space, be free of everything and listen to your own spirit. Thats true freedom. I love your process of connecting to your spirit and then it just spills out your mouth and you start working. Love the show

I've never wanted to be friends with someone more in my entire life. The joy! The whimsy! A GD delight, every time.

What I especially love about these videos is that most other youtube videos are about the item and the process that accompanies that item but with anything that Adam does its mainly about the process and you get taken along on a journey that just draws you in . My favourite channel.

Ha! Thanks Adam. Won a bet with the wife on this one. Called the keys would have balance issue as soon as you grabbed the wood. She thought "oh he'd know that more than you!"... Got me a guilt free hobby purchase! Lol. Good build

Adam: A million years ago...I'm stopping to tell you a story.... me: oh goodie storytime

"Schoenhut" means "fancy hat" in german. :D Thank you for the videos over the last years, always enjoyable to watch!

As someone who repaired, rebuilt, and restrung pianos for a living, I found this mesmerizing. -But sure wish I’d had a mill back then!

"I'll watch for five minutes I guess..." (1 hour later) "Oh dang!"

I like how Adam always uses music that works at 1x and 2x speed. It’s really helpful for us less than patient viewers!

Ted Woodford is a delight to watch, so nice to know you watch his work too.

I think you need to add to the T-Shirt list: We don't have the budget for that. It made me laugh right out loud. Thanks for the build, Adam. This was a fun one. Once again, Gunther, your editing is awesome and spot on.

Yay for mentioning Twoodfrd! For anyone who doesn't know him: he's a great luthier with weekly videos. If you want to learn how to do repairs, he's your guy.

Who else noticed the last key lying there not getting the clear coat lovin'? Beautiful job Adam, as usual!

He’s the kind of guy you want to buy used stuff from.

My grandfather made, tuned, and repaired pianos all his life. Adam's shop reminds me of his workshop that was at the end of his garden. It was an Aladdin's cave of tools, wood oils, and strange bits of intricately carved pieces. I loved that place. Thank you for taking me back there.

What a heart felt moment when Adam remembers the story with his father and his friend. It sounds like they were supportive of Adams passion. Could binge his videos for days.

Wow you visited the London College of Furniture... I studied there when I left school. Probably around the time you visited. I made a friend there who was learning to tune pianos. He ran a business using a morris minor travellor years later when I met up with him. The key snapped off in the ignition and he called the breakdown recovery to try and get it started. They were fiddling for an hour to no avail to get the key out. So I had a quick look, stuck what was left of the key in the hole, turned it and released the mechanism. He just needed a new lock barrel after that. The college was so much fun. We did mythbuster things like design ways of holding an egg in a paper cage which would survive a drop from the top of the building.

I just took apart an old upright left behind by the previous owners of my house and found pieces on the inside that were signed by the maker from 1950. Awesome.

I did piano building, maintenance, repair and tuning at college in 1985. This was a fantastic trip down memory lane and I had instructions! As you so fantastically worked out, the whole design is simple yet everything is measured precisely to create the pivotal momentum and strike points and with the correct pressure through weights. Then the point of strike on the string/tine is specific for sound. You are a genius sir!!

I can’t help but see the ODB on the clapper at the beginning of these and think of Ol Dirty every time. Man I miss that dude. What a talent and a shame we lost him.

As antique enthusiast, an uncle and an amateur carpenter, I super love this whole project. Well done, sir.

The mixup with 1 and 3 type keys comes from the differences in keys next to groups of 2 black keys or groups of 3 black keys. The ones on the outside of the groups of 3 have a slightly deeper cut, but in both cases are symmetric between left/right!

Do you know one thing with listening to Adam I find it’s made me a better listener in the real world. I guess I must’ve learned people have interesting things to say sometimes. Anybody else find that?

I appreciate him commending whoever made the first replacement key

Me, takes something apart: Well, that's a lot of interesting pieces, wonder how they fit together? Adam, takes something apart: So that's how that works! Let's improve it!

As somebody who has wanted to create my own toy piano but lacks the skills to do so, I really enjoyed watching this one-day build.

Used to be in the construction industry refurbishing old houses. Just loved to find messages of old craftsmen who had signed their work in the properties. So then I also signed and dated the walls behind the wallpaper that I hung. Thrilling to think a little piece of me was left behind for people to find in years to come.

So Adam just let us in on a little maker's secret. If you are gonna make something for your fellow maker friend, then keep your scrap material and include it in the gift. That is how you really show how much your friend means to you. That way it is a gift that keeps on giving.

I wish I could be ad cool as the guy who fixed that one key. Adam saw and recognized his efforts. :)

Adam is giving off total grandpa vibes here. He's totally going to be that guy who makes wooden toys for his grandthings.

06:32 its actually closer to "dance of the sugar plum fairy", followed by "London bridge"

The BBC Repair Shop meets Adam Savage. A union made in a strange parallel reality heaven!!

“I don’t know if correlation equals causation but it’s certainly the first place TO START LOOKING” I laughed at this more than I should have, but it just reminded me of something that would be in a Mythbuster montage. “Am I missing an eyebrow??”

This intersection with music…let’s just say I’m freakin out.

Love the idea of signing your work. I sign everything I do, painted rooms, fence builds and normal maker things. I couldn't make out the type of Sharpie you were using, but Sharpies fade and pencil will last for fifty plus years.

I am living for the subtle chaotic energy in this video. I had no idea how deprived I was for Adam Savage content until I started watching this XD Mythbusters was probably my favorite show when I was younger - it was what sparked my interest in MacGyver (the theme song is still my alarm) and it made education fun instead of miserable. It r-gifted me with curiosity for how things work and why. I'm glad to see you're still thriving, my guy.

The collaboration we all need, Ok Go playing All Together Now in Adam's shop on his piano!!!!

Never thought I'd sit and watch Adam polishing his rods multiple times in a video

Gerday mate, before retirement, my Brother was, is, a professional pianist and I showed him this rebuild. Other than knowing the names of parts and those that weren't there he was quite enthralled and shocked that, even though a toy, was a bit shocked that you would attempt such a thing. In the end he was well inpressed. He said that you had been taught about pianos, but had to agree that a proper trades person could do it. You got a big thumbs up from both of us. Well done mate. Keep on keeping on, peace put. Wayne

Watching Adam always makes me smile. He shares his experience and experiences with all of us and I thank him for the gift.

Ted Woodford is one of my favorite KZfaq guitar techs and has taught me so much more than I thought possible.

I love watching you work through problems you are great at explaining stuff and make your builds interesting - thank you for all that you do

I love how Adams brain works. You can see the thoughts almost as if they are Burst of information just floating in the air and Adam grabbing the ones he likes. I operate much the same as he does.

I was STUNNED when I heard you mention Ted Woodford at around 12:20! My two worlds have collided!

Im not surprised that Adam is an OK GO fan as their Rube Goldberg inspired music videos are something i can see him enjoying greatly.

There's this childlike flutter of glee I got when Ted was mentioned. As someone who's aspired to be a luthier for years and adores watching these projects, I never expected those two would cross but I guess I was wrong! In the few months I've watched TWoodfrd, I've learned SOOO much, and the man really is the Bob Ross of guitar repair, and just... wow, it's so cool to see where the knowledge has come from and share in it.

"I don't know why I'm making oinking sounds, but it seems like what's required."

If this is your jazz, I'd highly recommend finding a way to watch "The Repair Shop" from the BBC - skilled craftspeople repairing beloved items for the public. Some of the best comfort-watching out there!

I love the fact that you appreciated the one key that was replaced, instead of what a lot of other "craftsman" (from personal experience) would have said it was a bad job and that they should've replaced them all. I love the wholesomeness!

now it needs a "day 2" of this one... where you rip your clear-coat back off to give them proper white keys and then re-finish the outer case in piano black with loads of clear coats

I love how he said “that was almost ‘Carol of the Bells’ when it was actually ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy!” Regardless, what an amazing build!

Can't wait until he's in his 80s or 90s and starts releasing custom denture builds

Bravo, Adam! Next up: nine-foot Steinway...

Ended up finally donating an old China hutch last weekend that my parents had given to me 14 years ago. It had the builders' names and "10-1-85" written on the back. It was really neat to see.

Watching you repair that thing and hearing how it turned out sounding like, makes me wish I was a builder and so happy I'm not a parent. :)

I enjoy watching your workshop move around, underneath your milling table.

Hi Adam, organ builder here ! If you do want to tune the tines in this piano, I imagine they would behave the same way as reed organ reeds, in that to sharpen them you reduce the length, the usual way to flatten a reed organ reed is to take material off at the end that is attached to the matrix, however as in this case they're already filed to a point, the other way to flatten the pitch would be to affix a weighted load to the end, usually in reeds this is a large blob of solder, or brass attached with a small grub screw.

PLEASE bring in a piano tuner! I've never met one who isn't open to a challenge, how they do what they do is interesting, and it would be fun to see how you two collaborate in bringing it towards proper tune as far as you reasonably can!

All I can think is, I would love to have the left over keys, cut them into 1" sections, drill holes through them side to side, then string them on elastic to make black and white bracelets. And how Adam just tackles everything without hesitation, even stuff he's never done. I wish I was so brave.

The van story reminds me of towing a hooptie racecar across country and getting thumbs up and having to explain what it was, where we were going and how fast it was at every gas station.

Finding signed work, especially if its old and dated is super interesting. I have a horse drawn omnibus from 1898 that i am restoring. When I acquired it the very first panel I removed from it revealed 2 signatures, presumably, of the lads that built it and dated May 1898. in my effort to research the vehicle, I tracked the family of one of them, hoping someone in the family might have pictures of the guy or of his work. It turned out they didn't know anything about him or his work but I, and they, found it all very interesting. And all in, it adds a little bit more to the history

I totally love when he was talking about how we should sign our work so we can talk to each other across the ages I never thought of it that way but I remember ripping apart a couch the first thing I ever reupholstered and I had bought it in a thrift store and had like $30 to go by material at Jo-Ann fabrics and I ripped off the upholstery and I will never forget the feeling of seeing for somebody had signed and dated this couch and it was like 1982 and I was born in 86 so it was just a cool feeling I totally agree we should do this and keep it going

Imma say it: *Adam Savage* is, by far, one of my favourite people on the entire planet! 🤟🏻🥰❤️ Can't wait for Part 2! 😃

Adam, please look up the Great Guitar Build-Off, contact Ben Crowe, and be in next year's competition!!! Please!!

as someone wit a "broken" antique toy piano, i'm so excited to see how you fix the broken tongs/increase the resonance

The Ship of Theseus comes to mind with this one day build.

How ambitious can you get! Adam is constantly pushing himself. Goforit, Adam!

End result is really exquisite , a totally obvious, loving restoration without going over the top by trying to make it brand new,or detract from the fact that it IS a play worn childs toy that has been repaired to working order and no more, by someone whom I would class as a master craftsman . ps I am a very,very old former Royal Navy (ERA) artificer/shipwright.

OK Go was the first thing I thought of as the video started . . . was thinking of commenting on it and then within 5 minutes Adam brought it up himself. That song was my JAM last year when it came out. Listening to it now and re-experiencing that early pandemic headspace is a bit intense.

"We're going to tackle this before we figure out how to tackle this" I want that on a t-shirt, in addition to "seems straightforward, let's figure out what problems we can create along the way"

ngl, at 33:50 when Adam says 'the last cut' and then the music kicked in. I wasn't looking at the screen, and i physically recoiled at the opening drum hit because i thought something had just gone horribly wrong and broken XD

I often find myself asking what would Adam or the tested crew do? I’ll have to look up that guitar channel!!

I still have mine from when I was 3 years old. It needs a full restoration. Maybe one day. But it's the instrument that made me love music.

One thing I love is you didn't TOUCH all that beautiful patina of wear and use on the case and frame. I see so many restoration efforts that just erase the beauty of years, but, nope, not you. Not in the least unexpected from someone who enjoys adding that to his creations, but it was delightful all the same.

I wasn’t sure the bare wood keys would be the proper esthetic but I like them way better than the original white ones. It gives it a more weathered and aged look than it already had before. Great work Adam!!

Dude, next level signature in there would be to leave a QR code to this video. How cool would it be to open something up and then actually getting to see them work on it and talk about it?

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the "bandsaw noises" t-shirt yet. I love it. It reminds me of the "main presenter" t-shirt from Tech Ingredients.

I think this sort of stuff is really awesome! I have my own idea for a build and I hope to make it come true some day. What excites me the most is how much there is to learn with some builds. One day you're fixing a shelf and the other you're fixing a piano, learning to understand how it all works!

Adam would get a real kick out of visiting the North Bennet Street School in Boston. Piano Technology, Violin Making, Furniture Making, Book Binding, Jewelry Making, Locksmithing, Carpentry and Preservation Carpentry.

Looking forward to the musical number you create using this and a puppet/muppet :)

Waterphones. After watching this I now totally understand how they were invented and used in suspense/horror scenes. Thanks for levelling me up!

When Worlds Collide! Big fan of Adam and Ted Woodford, was watching a twoodfrd video today and someone commented that Adam had namechecked him, too cool!

the thingy with the rods is called a comb each individual rod is called a tongue, so, that's that one cleared up!

Random though: I've been watching Salvage Dawgs, and it made me wish there was a Savage Salvage. I mean, that kind of store could overtake a mall....

I can almost hear Mr. Woodford cringe at the idea of plywood as a soundboard, I can also now see Mattias Krantz coming up with a new idea to torture his piano tuner lol

Adam. You talked about signing your work and that sparked a memory: I was working as a cobbler (district trainer) in Indianapolis and a very Irate gentleman came in with a young lady and they presented me with a very old pair of shoes that were very worn in. If you know anything about shoe repair it's becoming a lost skill but you can tell a lot about a person by their walking pattern. I examined the old man's shoe and quoted him a rather low price for a standard repair and asked him if he'd like me to address the issues I see. Fearing her grandfather was going to get fleeced out of some cash the young lady asked for clarification. I pointed out the wear pattern and some inexpensive ways I can protect these shoes he must love and we bargained a bit and I told it'd be about 90 minutes. Usually it's an hour, but he wanted some additions that take some time. I got into the shoes and tore the soles out and was presented with a note left in between the leather sole and the lining. I unfolded the yellowed, dry paper carefully and it said, "This man is an Asshole, don't give him a decent price. Barry Kempf 5/11/73" Oh lord how I laughed! The shop was in a mall and they must have heard me down in the food court. Thinking of how the old man haggled and the young lady asked questions I put the little note and the hastily scrolled note I wrote on another piece of paper in a little plastic baggy and left it for historians to find after I made the repair. My note? Not to take anything away from the original cobbler I simply wrote, "Can confirm. My name, and the date, sometime probably in 1997". I hope that old guy is still out there somewhere. Yours in hands-on work, BWJ :-)

Yikes, drilling into the end of the white keys, reminded me of when I was doing something similar and drilled into my hand.... To all: do not be tempted by "it is just a quick thing...." Hurt like you'd think, but 20 years later: cool scar. (don't do it for the scar, was not worth it)

LOVE hearing all the respect for Ted Woodford!

For those who want to know more about "toy" pianos, Hainbach here on youtube has quite the enthusiasm for them.