Musical magic comes out of this piano

[@realestatecult3105]

Much as I love synths, here's nothing that really compares to a piano. Beautifully played, sir.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much, friend. Same… I'd say. It all began with the piano for me. And it will always be there.

[@hanse81]

This is why I subscribed 10 years ago or more. Just calm and beautiful "doodeling" :-) Having tinnitus I have had a lot of your videos running in the background to be able to sleep.

[@vinylarchaeologist]

This is like our little, private Köln Concert.

[@truecuckoo]

@@vinylarchaeologist 🌸😌

[@stujay]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[@GiantPianoMusic]

Thank you so much for this musical gem, Andreas!! An absolute delight to listen in..!!

[@peterbenson2287]

I arrived annoyed and distracted, but am now relaxed and at peace. Thank you so much @truecuckoo. Safe travels.

[@pixelfibre]

After a long hard day at work and feeling a bit broken - this comes along out of nowhere and takes all the sting out of the day. Thanks mate!

[@truecuckoo]

🌸

[@wielandsteber8467]

U r a great mucisian😎🎶😏

[@gadd1111]

I absolutely love it when you post with music but especially when you play this dude.

[@georgesboris]

Absolutely lovely - this piano sounds amazing, great texture, harmonies remind me of joanna newsom in the best way possible. I could listen to this for hours.

[@DavidDeLuge]

Fantastic! The boy can play… 😁

[@djstayhome]

Oohoooo this is a gem! Beautiful noodling - thanks for sharing 🎉

[@evanharmon7928]

This put me at ease. Love your piano playing just as much as the electronic pieces.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much! There’s time for synth, then there’s time for piano 😌

[@ArcticAnalysis]

improved my train journey so much 👏

[@SashaTorrMusic]

Aww delicious timbre and exquisite scales, thank you

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much!

[@jon_gee]

So beautiful! Thanks for sharing these deep moments. 🌼

[@truecuckoo]

❤️

[@infinity528hz5]

Tack Cuuco for your lovely playing and soul of light ❤love from Västergötland 🤗😍😃🌞❤️🙏

[@truecuckoo]

Tack så mycket! Västergötland! Gött :D

[@SaamGabbay]

This is such a delicious vibey cinematic lullaby. (And also agreed on Logic’s new mastering chain but the soul is between you and that piano)

[@plscks]

This was truly wonderful, I love your piano tunes and jams, always a complete treat! Thank you for sharing this with us

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you. Glad you tune in and listen ❤️

[@kubaswiercz]

Cuckoo, you are the good musical spirit of KZbin, please keep creating!

[@choisam20]

been a fan of you since your op-1 review video. this sounds SO MUCH better than moog muse. I applaud you for not doing another moog muse review. the first time I heard moog muse, it instantly reminded of behringer deepmind sound. this sounds really really good, on my lab-top speakers. great great playing too! you have such great taste in melody/harmony!! this live version is official release worthy on your Spotify. I would listen to this while driving on a road trip or something.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that a lot. 🌸

[@jasonmelstad]

it ain't the piano ; it's you True. You're the magic

[@brasori]

Beautfiul, thank you so much

[@ifaber68]

Beautifully moment of played piano, great Cuckoo.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much!

[@p.GEO-OFFICIAL]

woah I JUST brought home a mini upright piano called the Monochord, from the 30s. 64 notes and has one string per note. super neat, i had to work on it a bit but it was a great free find

[@jasonlorge5971]

Lovely mate. Just lovely.

[@truecuckoo]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@lucaselvaggi4477]

Thank you for allowing us to witness your freedom, such a beautiful capture brother ❤

[@truecuckoo]

🌸🦜❤️

[@cyanea-]

that sounds immaculate!

[@neonjams]

Beautiful! Space for own interpretation.

[@TilliKommunikation]

Simply wonderful.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much!

[@drBROner]

Thank you ❤

[@olatalleras8845]

Veldig fint. Takk !

[@fillmac7320]

Singular estética la de ese piano, excelente. Saludos 👌🏼👍🏼😜

[@julius2264]

Lovely! I recently bought an Una Corda as well. It’s my favorite piano.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you. Yeah it's a really special piano, isn't it ❤️

[@julius2264]

@@truecuckoo I've been following you for years, from back when you were the teachnig authority on the Elektron Octatack... Funny to see we have the same piano now... I ended up with the Una Corda Anniversary edition. Most beautiful instrument i ever saw ❤

[@Gwildcore]

Cuckoo, this is beautiful :)

[@traitortotheliving]

Lovely ✌️❤️

[@lemonberries]

Lovely little jam sesh in a cozy, quiet corner. Time for tea I think 🤔

[@truecuckoo]

I'm down for tea. Which tea do you prefer.

[@supervised]

Another great one! You should consider releasing these piano improvisations in the future.

[@truecuckoo]

@@supervised thanks. I put this song up as a download on my Patreon store. Patrons have access to it. But anyone can purchase it if they’d like. For a proper release I think I’d refine the tuning on the piano first, and make a more proper stereo recording. Would love doing that at some point.

[@Winter-zv1dv]

Interesting how we think the art would be “better / release worthy” if we tuned the piano, used a DAW, maybe some mastering plugins, AI… maybe just the AI doing all the playing… I wonder when or if we’ll ever get back to valuing the true, immediate, neurons to expression of humans with imperfect tangible objects over all else.

[@knobtwirlermusic]

Beautiful.

[@sabamacx]

Reminds me of Kenneth Kirschner's solo piano noodles he used to release on 12k, Autoplate and Thinner (anyone remember that?). Una Corda is my dream instrument and has been the direct reason for me learning to play keys. One day. More more more more, please, sir.

[@yeahrightbear8883]

Tis the season to be jolly...

[@clifflexmiddleton]

Some parts reminded me of Vaughan Williams, just before the more jazzy part.

[@Koettnylle]

Very nice

[@shookmusic]

❤

[@truecuckoo]

🌸

[@henrymelbourne2265]

For anyone interested in an Una chorda style ‘hack’ for normal pianos, you can insert a felt strip between the sets of strings to mute the outer ones of the trichords, and every other bichord. You can buy them online as tuning strip or temperament felt strip piano tuning tools or some such keywords. Works nicely 👌. If you’re not confident ask your piano tuner to strip mute the whole piano it’s quite easy

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah. Be a little creative with your pianos y'all. It's fun!

[@modulations]

This is truly beautiful, I could listen this over and over I really could. The timbre of your piano at times sound more like a classical guitar but of course they are technically speaking both string instruments when it comes down to it. Was this recorded in one take? Or was it the culmination of other sessions to arrive at it? Composition is something I’m fascinated by.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you! This was recorded in one take. I did a quick 2 minute warmup. Then set up the recording gear and went for it.

[@markkrawchuk5862]

FANTASTIC🎼💎⚡️🥊🎶

[@althejazzman]

So this piano was built to sound this way? I thought at first you had stripped it bare, and prepared the hammers with pins for instance. So detailed and delicate. Great choices of chords and melodies.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much! If you peek closely you’ll notice there’s a blue horizontal strip of fabric between the hammers and the strings. This piano has a mounting system where you can interchange different fabrics to achieve different sounds. Here I’m using a felt material that is the thickest that I have. So it muffles it into a more soft and dreamy landscape. Without any fabric it has a pretty distinct and clear tone.

[@althejazzman]

@@truecuckoo Ahh it's designed for tone options. Amazing.

[@juanperezaure]

You are also magic my man 🤍🌷

[@parawizard]

Reminds me of the album Screws by Nils Frahm

[@truecuckoo]

Nils was actually the one who initiated the idea for this Una Corda piano in the first place. The piano maker and Niels collaborated on the idea, and this is what came out of it. I know he uses it on some of his albums.

[@kevinowens8249]

Cuckoo Koln Concert?

[@DaraM73]

Have you seen the “KeyBird” portable Una chorda piano, made in Denmark?

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah I’ve noticed. There’s a dude in town that has one, and I’d love to visit him and try it out. Certainly extremely affordable.

[@DaraM73]

@@truecuckoo I believe he’s working on a revised model, possibly more stable tuning? Anyway, always lovely to hear your piano playing. Come to Scotland for a mini tour. D

[@revevague6256]

Beautiful! Looks easier to carry up a staircase too.

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah for sure. But you gotta be careful with the sustain pedal, that sticks out a little bit.

[@MostachoIrregular]

This is beautiful. Can you please upload to Spotify?

[@truecuckoo]

This song is available for download on my Patreon.

[@ManCalledMif]

very beautiful sounds. where would someone purchase such an instrument?

[@truecuckoo]

I saved up for this for a few years and put in the order. It’s an Una Corda by Klavins Pianos.

[@sophiew.1499]

i just had a panic attack and listening to this helps me calm down ❤

[@truecuckoo]

Oh, sending lots of calming and balancing energy ❤️ You matter, just as you are Sophiew.

[@sophiew.1499]

@@truecuckoo awww thank u so much, you're such an awesome person!

[@ringsystemmusic]

dude play your synths like this please i'd love to hear it. (polyphony limits aside ofc)

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks! Acoustic pianos are special. Perhaps something like the Osmose or Continuum Fingerboard could offer platforms where you can express yourself and freestyle like this.

[@kikoishere]

Is it musical magic or magical music though 🤔🤔 Love your videos cuckoo ❤

[@truecuckoo]

@@kikoishere not sure! But it is a magical place to be.

[@kikoishere]

@@truecuckoo it really is! very unique sound, and your playing is incredible as well

[@YQ2138]

♥️💐☕️👏😄

[@ramoniak6]

Just realized the una corda sounds a bit like a Rhodes or wurlitzer electric piano

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah especially with the felt mounted like here. The strings are shorter and thicker than typical piano strings too, which gives it a slightly different response and tone.

[@Bitcoinvalor]

Sunday morning. Coffee and some relaxing music. Thank you.

[@truecuckoo]

😌

[@kgbinfo]

It’s weird how it sounds like an acoustic piano and a Rhodes at the same time

[@kayacura.music1]

it sounds like accoustic quitar to me, but might be the way cuckoo is playing it!

[@blogic12]

Amazing! Am I aloud to sample this?

[@kejo703]

In what city is this studio?

[@truecuckoo]

Oslo

[@_greenleader]

New minecraft soundtrack!

[@truecuckoo]

Haha

[@TheOrganist007]

how was the sound created ? Damping ?

[@BobSassafrass]

He must be a Robert Glasper fan.

[@truecuckoo]

I have to check him out.

[@craigbrowning9448]

How does "Una Corda" in this context differ from the Una Corda Pedal on a Grand?

[@truecuckoo]

The Una Corda piano only has one pedal, and it's a sustain pedal. It does the same as on a grand - lifts the dampers. There's no "pianissimo" pedal, or anything like that.

[@KaiBurley]

The una corda pedal makes it so the hammers in a normal piano strike fewer strings than they normally do. So, if a note is usually made from a hammer hitting 3 strings, playing the same note with the una corda pedal down makes the hammer only strike 2 strings. (It was called una corda because early versions of pianos usually only had 2 strings per note, not the modern 3, so the pedal would cause the hammer to only hit one string or "una corda") In contrast, the Una Corda piano Cuckoo is using only has 1 string per note period. All notes are made by a hammer striking 1 string.

[@matthewcooper9136]

I wish elves 1 were real 2 lived in the walls of my house 3 played little piano’s 4 played music like this 5 were not prone to theft or any other antisocial behaviour 6 were bashful 7

[@ChironKeller]

You are beautiful

[@constantinezh7156]

Moving to countryside to chill, or to create?

[@truecuckoo]

To create. But also to make a change. Perhaps there'll be more time to chill? Not sure about that.