How does a piano work? Pulling apart a grand piano

[@leoli2284]

The most interesting thing about the piano is the strings’ different lengths and thicknesses. I like how the strings for higher notes are shorter and thinner and the strings for lower notes are longer and thicker. The other thing I really like is that there are 3 steel strings for most notes, 2 copper strings for lower notes, and only 1 copper string for the lowest notes. Copper makes the low notes sound heavier and more powerful.

[@TraceyChattaway]

Brilliant!

[@burgerau_9324]

COOOOL

[@benjaminbrown5245]

I love the way that this technician talked. Wow!!! I am a pianist for a living. Yes. I love the fact that he did say that you don’t want to learn on a digital piano. When you get comfortable and good at the piano, then you can move to a digital but starting out for people if so,,, it is best to use the acoustic piano not the digital. I do play both and love the both. I have been playing keys all of my life. I honestly prefer the digital beings that I can do so much with it. Now however at work I play acoustics. For someone to start learning the Kano it has to bee a regular acoustic piano. The digital is a bit different to play and it is a totally different ball park. I totally agree with this video.

[@ashketchum7762]

Do you know the name of the song that begins to play at 2:11 for about 20 secs. Also if I'm new to piano but have a low end digital one to try and just learn the basics, what should I keep in mind about the difference in playing an acoustic piano so that I'm aware there is a skill I'm not yet practicing as I build movement memory at the moment with digital piano? Thanks.

[@benjaminbrown5245]

@@ashketchum7762 its better to practice on an acoustic. The reason is is because you are going to get the harmonics, the dexterity and functions that you need. Many people get it backwards. They will start on a digital and then go to an acoustic. This is not going to help nor simplify things. I mean if that is all you have that is all you have. If you practice on a digital and then go to an acoustic your playing is going to bee a rather mess the reason is is because on the acoustic you are going to bee getting the way to control and express and the play is different on a digital than an acoustic. Yes. The digital has weighted keys but that doesn’t matter. The way you express on a digital is totally different than on an acoustic. You have full control on an acoustic but the digital only goes to a certain vaccolisity. It is better if you can find an acoustic piano to practice on especially if you don’t know piano yet. Not a good thing to go with a digital first. You need to bee able to pay attention to sound, technique, pedaling expressiveness and whole lot more where is on a digital things tend to bee different than on an acoustic. Plus when you go to do a residle you are not going to most in likely play on a digital. You are going to play on an acoustic. Even in a concert hall you are not going to bee playing a digital. You will find acoustic pianos but if that is what you have go with Yamaha. I frown on people learning on a digital because this is a totally different game here. If you want to learn piano really bad, and stick with it it is best to learn the correct way first on an acoustic. That is where you are going to get all of your correct technique. Then when you have mastered the acoustic piano then a digital will make more sense but to just start on a digital is totally against piano playing. Yea many people do it but it is wrong. I have been playing all my life and I never started on a digital. I started from the ground up with and on an acoustic. If you don’t know how to play even the piano yet, and you start off super high how in the world are you going to learn the basics of piano cause a digital is not going to teach you. You have to start somewhere and that is from the ground up that is with anyone. It takes time but once you get their you can play different pianos and get the feel of the digital but not when starting out…. It is just going to bee confusing for you and even though the digital piano is a great instrument to play on it is no where near the acoustic piano. Doesn’t matter how good the sound engine is on them. You need to bee able to here many things of your playing especially the harmonics of the piano the way you express and pedal. On a digital when you get good at hte acoustic piano you will see how different the digital’s pedals are. You don’t feel them like you do no an acoustic and pedaling is different. So to start and have it make sense it is better to find an acoustic and learn on that. Get experience with that before jumping big.

[@ashketchum7762]

@@benjaminbrown5245 ok awesome thank you for taking the time to explain to me.

[@ashketchum7762]

@@benjaminbrown5245 also do you know the name of the song that begins at 2:11?

[@murdo_mck]

@@ashketchum7762 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 opening of movement 3 presto agitato.

[@romaineathey6512]

In my first work I always used Woodglut plans.

[@NoaahhG50]

Lol