How does a Grand Piano work? - Part 1

This video covers the different parts of a Grand Piano and what happens when a key is pressed.

For those interested - the keys being played on the piano are the real keys for the song (or at least close to it).

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This video has been dubbed in over 20 languages, you can change the audio track language in the Settings menu (click the gear icon in the lower right hand corner of the video).

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Music:
"Wigs" by Riot
"Darktown Strutters Ball" by E's Jammy Jams

Made with Blender 2.79

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[DowellPiano]

As a piano technician, I can say this is an excellent diagram of the piano action. I will use this in the future!

[yanwong]

Piano: *plays by itself*
Audience: Everything is normal.

[wigwagstudios]

Pianist: Leaves lid open
Dust: I’m about to end this piano’s whole career

[kennyotsu]

Now I understand why pianos is *so damn expensive*

[diegotr]

This is why I love the piano, such a beautiful and graceful instrument with complex mechanisms designed to make a wide variety of soft and loud sounds.

[joshuanichols]

Its crazy how complex the key thing is and that are 80 of them

[midhun-]

This is exactly what I am expecting from a "how it works" video! ❤️❤️

[phos]

thanks tom and jerry already thought me this tho

[SWExplore]

I had no idea of how complex a piano really is. You animations explain all of the workings with extreme precision. Quite simply, you are amazing as I have watched many of your animations...I really enjoy them!! Thank you!

[dxb.nabeel]

I have never seen this much accurate, clear and crisp animation 😮. Very well done

[alexdiezg]

I knew all of this from before, but I'm glad that there's finally an animated educational video out on YouTube for everyone to see! Great job, Jared! Keep up the good work!

[cjheaford]

I am a 30+ registered piano technician professionally, and this video is spot on. Well done! (Where were you 30 years ago when I was just learning??)

[patriciabristow-johnson]

as a pianist with perfect pitch I thoroughly appreciate the fact that for the opening and closing animations (where the keys were shown moving), the correct notes were actually being played on the piano

[pissfiss]

4:03 how cannot anyone retain himself from smiling with that music?

[carloattanasio]

Can you please show us stupid creatures how does a printer work? Btw great videos!

[joshualevine]

Jared, these videos are really the two best I have EVER seen explaining the piano. I can’t praise your work highly enough!

[SteelBerserkChannel]

Very nice video, I can only imagine the amount of research you did, these aren't simple instruments! One thing that might interest you for the video of the pedals is that there is a new experimental fourth pedal that is called harmonic pedal, might be worth taking a look at it.

[napoleonsukk]

Mad respect for you because you actually put the right notes on the piano

[loganenglish]

Wow! you learn something new every day!

[ekn]

I've been playing the piano for eight years. We used to have a classical piano in our house. It was about 100 years old. My piano was so broken and it sounded terrible. We put that piano in my mother's friend's house. I have a yamaha digital piano right now. But the grand piano is one of the things I want most in my life. I've played at a concert a couple of times before, actually... And it was a beautiful feeling... <3 I hope one day I'll have a grand piano :)