Reaching new heights - a man and his piano | Dāvids Kļaviņš | TEDxRiga

There is no sure way to success but creating the absolute best of something is not the worst place to start. This was Dāvids Kļaviņš epiphany after a random encounter with a stranger in a café, starting a long journey to create the world’s best-sounding piano that has consumed him for over 30 years. But how does one go about doing this? Where do you even start? Every principle or convention for how something should be done is often taken for granted, but in order to do something truly special you need to question everything. Just because it has been accepted to do things one way does not mean that is the only way. And if you can ask the right questions, then you can reframe the outcome, figuratively and literally. Dāvids Kļaviņš is a musical engineer, pushing the boundaries of how pianos are made. He builds vertical concert grand pianos, which are the largest in the world. His forray into building musical instruments started at the age of 15, when he quit school to do something more hands-on and ended up as an apprentice at the Schimmel Pianos factory. Uninspired by the status quo of piano building, Dāvids set out to discover improvements to the already globally-accepted grand piano. In 1987 he presented his first creation - 3.7 meter high piano the ‘Giant'. Though it took another 20 years to find the market and financial support to continue this endeavour. In 2018 in Berlin he presented a 4.5 meter high vertical piano, which served as a kickoff point his growing business. Now his pianos are used in studio recordings, digital sound libraries, and are being built into concert halls around the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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[@aylbdrmadison1051]

It has a very harp like tone because it has no enclosure. I think it has a very beautiful and unique sound. I would suggest (although I highly dioubt he will ever read this comment) that he tries incorporating the enclosure back into the design, but this time with the strings on the outside, similar to a violin or other stringed instrument. This would add back some of the acoustic properties that a well built grand piano has. At that point he just might have built the best sounding piano ever. This one is certainly different, and sounds absolutely amazing and I would very much like to own one just like it. But I could not call it the _best_ without some of the other acoustic properties it's now missing. I do however think he is on the right track, has a brilliant mind and even better ear (ofc being a piano tuner/builder he would) and wish him well in his journey. ^-^

[@mrrandomperson3106]

If you go looking for one of the recordings of a 450i being played you'll see what he means about the "best" piano sound. The Una Corda is not a conventional piano and was never designed to be, it's its own thing with its own unique sound.

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One thing I learnt here, no matter how big and empty is our universe, humankind can choice to communicate with each other, share good ideas and it may benefit each other.

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[@marafortune3713]

Very powerful TedTalk about pursuing one’s dreams! I feel like his final creation could be something that Ling Ling comes up with during his free time.

[@MotivatetoInspire]

Interesting story. Life is full of learning opportunities.

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This story is inspiring! Thank you for sharing your story 🙏

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I just came here because of the word "piano" it's just my fav instrument and am learning it..❤️❤️❤️

[@edh2246]

I am the one Check out Christian Fuchs from Berlin. Great piano tutorials.

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Nice THANKS

[@skook3640]

The prototype sounds likes a harpsichord and harp lovechild

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Don't know.

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Dāvid, lieliska uzstāšanās! Esmu lepns par Tevi. Veiksmi...

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Your real a hero. Your real life story was inspiring all of us ..

[@xinzhou1903]

Damn that's the first time I've actually LIKED the sound of a piano!??

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Great lesson!

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Please subtitle becouse it hard for me Thanks

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@Qosol_ qurux : Click the gear icon on the bottom right of screen. There are subtitles in many languages, although it is difficult to figure out how this works. The translation is not very good, but maybe it is better than nothing.

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Ese momento en el que todo lo que quieres ver y/o escuchar está en inglés 😔

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J.S. Bach would have LOVED this!

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How can i do to share my stories with u as well ?

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Start by finding where they have Tedx talks near you. Good luck. ^-^

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"You teach Arabic to others because it is a part of your religion."

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Don't have subtitles in Spanish :( I should learn English :v

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Estoy intentando aprender Espanol. We should all try to learn about the cultures and languages of others. I play guitar and listen to music from all over the world. Most recently I learned to play two Cuban songs. They have such beautiful music in Cuba. ^-^

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@@aylbdrmadison1051 Genial

[@potofries2147]

Why does he look like if gman and a bill Clinton did the fusion dance?

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Why does anyone look the way they do? This is the same exact question.

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@@aylbdrmadison1051 It was a rhetorical question. Genetics and family trees are the main factors.

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[@karangrewal_]

Maybe... just maybe he needs a coffee right now too..?

[@marafortune3713]

I honestly think that this is just his style of talking 🤔

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@@marafortune3713 i knew that comment would come out as negative.

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If it doesn’t sound like the keyboard from Van halen’s “Jump” don’t talk to me.

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Jesus Christ, pick a better thumbnail

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