William Tell Overture (Part 2) [4 Hand Arrangement] (Player Piano)

[11181955]

Slow down tempo too fast!!!

[irkibby]

@11181955 don't be daft!!!!!

[dondecruz]

that was grea.!

[CeNgAaAaAa]

1:15 there are his hands dumbass !!

[mtv565]

your piano is horribly out of tune.

[S1impikenz]

@gigigood1 It is 82 years old.

[GhostOkon]

Aaron you should bring your piano into our gym class and play whilst we run around! I dont think Mr. Kuper would mind...

[TheMissHell]

Who has sheets????????? PLS PLS :))

[markmarshall39]

awesome, with i had one!

[uranrising]

If you google Claude Melnotte music arranger, you can find where to download digitally his arrangement for four hands.

[uranrising]

Soooo enjoyable, And having read some of what you've written, I can now say 'and well played, too', tho maybe the beginning of this part 2 is a bit fast.

I assume you look at the roll all the time as there are performing instructions/suggestions there.

And loved the endless tagging - very funny -particularly glad there were no video games. :-) Greetings from east Anglia in U.K.

[n00bszpro]

i wish i got this type of piano :(

[GhostOkon]

wow aaron over 500,000 views u are very popular...

[BLRSOKPPT]

That... Was... So... AWESOME!

[pierlu94]

how old are you?

[tristanger]

This video does not contain: ...

It's a really long list :)))))

[VuLeTrung]

Awesome ...... xD xD xD

[plerimest]

is this also playable for a virtuoso human player?

[gwaur]

Yes, if that virtuoso had like 40 fingers.

[Iuscogens1984]

hahahaha, awesome aswer :-)))

[rotoflex]

It's an arrangement for 4 hands, cut beautifully to a piano roll.

Thanks for pumping that player for the whole William Tell Overture, that's a lot of work!

[SrPanchovilla]

he he he! very good!

[beethoven2nd]

Hey do you know how to play the piano and read notes?

[quiddlet]

awesome

[KiyoKenshin]

ohhh. I've seen a description like that. They REALLY ANNOY ME!

[rotoflex]

What a great roll!

[JemVonnemourne2]

I've always wanted a player piano like that too!

[kalleprutt]

Hmm I also want a piano like that... (Envy monster)... I just love this song. want it on my ipod. ^_^

[grahampianos]

HOW THEY DO THAT: Paper piano rolls are manufactured in mainly two ways:

1: A roll can be created by "recording" an actual performance.

2: Or, an "arranger" could cut a roll in super slow motion. He would press down the keys (up to 88 at one time!), then step on a pedal to punch the holes in the paper and advance the paper a small increment. If you hear a player piano producing impossible music, you can be sure it was arranged in this step-wise manner, rather than "live".

[mortson978]

It's strange, it takes a special ear to understand, and enjoy this music. A lot of people when they hear player piano hear nothing but dissonance. I'm with you, this is greatness.

[kingman1315]

it's a player piano you moran

[donlemc]

I did a doubletake...I thought it was my grandson Timmy in Virginia! The boy is his double! Awesome whomever you are son.

[lloydpenfold]

Nice. Many years ago I restored a 1920s Steck upright with an Aeolean player mechanism in, wish I'd still got it.

If you can find an old book by a chap called Ord-Hume, it tells how to restore repair and maintain player pianos.

Later ones had electric vacuum pumps built in - I did run mine from a vacuum cleaner once, but it was too powerful for it!

[mortson978]

maybe one of those little dust busters would be better.

[bobbyray56]

Actually, John Valby has been playing a very similar arraingment of that for about the last 30 years in live shows.

[JOELAB1020]

lets give a round of applause for the worlds first telepathic pianist.

[spyridon77]

haha, funny to think it that way! :)

[maniac989]

wow!!! fits extremely well a situation of intense hurry! boy, i AM in a rush!

[deeter131]

wow how exciting...4 minutes of watching a player piano playing itself.....rivoting.

[stowey101]

holy shit ur using ur feet?!!!

[kingman1315]

not to play

[Blakker93]

Nice pedaling;)

[mikethefoto]

Absolutely brilliant, both the posting and the music!!!

[hapsblog]

sweet, the theme to You Can't do that on Television! ;)

[moltoallegro19]

HOLY CRAP!!! THAT´S AMAZING!!!

[hahyonhwatha]

thx so much for posting this! so much fun. i guess that old piano is a sort of early ipod playing favs.

[Gamefreak718]

Has got to be a duet! Dayyyymmnn those are long hands!

[williamwagener]

SURE BEATS ... Practice , practice ... practice just peddle peddle

good job

[Brandotuomikoski]

what a true saying! Ha ha ill remember that.

[Invisit]

By the way Nice Pedaling

[Invisit]

Perfect execution =)

[FritziRitz]

the player piano is dubed the first computer..the paper roll with holes punched in it...pumping the pedals creates air by a compressor and activates the keys...but i'm sure you knew that already...

[montelka]

this is a duet!

[Spamle22]

I KNOW he obviously had a duet person on low/high notes. STILL AWESOME!!! EVEN WITH 2 PEOPLE THATS PRETTY HARD

[boarder1123]

Look at all the notes being played on 1:17!

[spyridon77]

yeah! How could someone play it?

[jaycor25]

It would have to be a duet...to have all the fingers for all the keys at the same time...

[lonvain]

fabulous

[astronomo16]

Cómo este funciona el piano?

[SandraLuX]

:-O AAAAAAWESOME!!!!!

[phrankoos]

bellissimOOOOooooooooooooooOOO­OOOOOOoooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOoo­oooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooo!!!!!!! *__*

[spyridon77]

5 stars!

[lx2ba]

Wonderful!

I have not seen/heard a pianola for 60 years now. Living in Denmark you do not come across these fabulous pianos very often ;<( My mother brought one back here from Ohio in the late twenties! After it was sold (~1947) I almost cried my eyes out!

[robertocr333]

Wow that is cool

[DanSingBearH]

holy macaroni!

can anyone on this earth actually play that song by themselves?

[DayumS0N]

Actually, it would be a stretch for 2 people to play it at some points in the song, it is confortably played by 3 different people on 3 different pianos.

[devonmale69]

The reason he look like a puppet is the fact his legs are working a mechanical set of pedals and his movements reflect there movement, as for his skin It just the exposure and whit light balance that is wrong.

Simple if you think about it.

Looking at the keys I can't see this being played by one person

[Onoras]

@devonmale69 Thats why it says on the title [4 hand arrangement]

[MsSoundguy]

@devonmale69 Hence, "4-hand arrangement," two people share the bench and go at it.

[jingletwix]

holy crap how can u play that for real ! thats insanly awesome hahaha

i want a player piano now !

[gamertipz]

i love the tags for this video :P

[aragee]

You are one sick puppy with WAY too much useless time on your hand...

Get a life !!!

[MiffyTheMuffin]

LOL

player piano

I have a violin like that...it plays random songs

[Burkedaman]

no really that was not me she always does that stupid azz stuff on my name and i get blamed for it.

[EquuleusPictor]

Do you need skill to play this piano or the songs are pre-programmed ?

[phylor5333]

Its called a PLAYER piano the white reel in the middle of the top is a roll of paper roll that has holes punched out its very much like a ummm say a snow globe that winds up and plays a tune there are 1000s of songs for these types of pianos (well used to be) just change the roll and walla a new song they have been around for a LOOOONG time the foot peddles just change the tone there is NO skill needed at all put in the reel turn it on and walk away if you want

[topsungbong]

lol i know that was a joke lol

[Burkedaman]

THAT IS CALLED A "PLAYER PIANO" that was for all you stupid people who dont know what that is.

[ALex4815162342]

dude, we just don't know what it is, we got surprised, just don't get angry and call us "stupid", because we're not.

we may know more things than you do...

[Burkedaman]

omg that was my stupid sister saying that forget her

[curlytop1716]

this is amazing those painos are like... pone in a piano. i am totally stunned. like no arms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!! Come on man most humans need arms to play the piano and i can hardly play with 2 arms and he can play with none no fair! lol

[ALex4815162342]

lol, maybe you know this, but this is a pianola.

nice comment, dude

[issero7]

wow awsome description they gota make more of these wish i had one and also is it humanely posible for someone to actualy play that song without the roll? (sorry about spelling)

[cthretard2]

I don't think you can play that song without the roll unless you have superhumanly wide hands. It looks like it could be a duet, though.

[ALex4815162342]

and on the last part, a trio

[oc33n]

Ah nvm its one of those pianos :P

[oc33n]

Anyone else not seing the arms? :S Grt btw !! :D

[topsungbong]

dude he is jesus!! he can play WITHOUT ARMS!!!!!!!!

[chantdonchant]

Great! But it's not in C... the opening is in F and the "Lone Ranger" part is in D.

[steinwaygrande1]

This is a Pianolo made around the 1920s. A piano roll that has defined grooved in the roll activates the hammers thereby in turn striking the the right strings on the piano. The pedals are used to activate the bellows that turn all the equipment inside the piano to give you the music that you have just been listening to. Not many Pianolas are around and only a handful have been resotred to their original condition. The piano rolls are now getting very hard to find as age has deteriorated them

[contagious6969]

It's a shame...my mom use to play on one of these pianos when see was younger...amazing pianos...

[steinwaygrande1]

Yes indeed it is a shame that they are not made anymore , and those that are in as new condition, very rarely get used as the rolls are now very fragile. I remember playin one as a kid and thats a looooooong time ago. great fun. The closest you can get to the Pianola is the Yahmaha Disc Klavier which now accepts CDs, where as the early ones used a pre recorded flppy disc. Disc Klaviers, apart from the uprights, are now avialable in Yamaha`s range of Grand Pianos - thats progress.

[HMTOlympic]

You can get new piano rolls to this day!! Just Google QRS Music Rolls. They are in new york.

[steinwaygrande1]

Yes, I discoverd quite by accident when looking up pianolas on Google that new rolls are available from QRS music. Thank you very much for informing me

[darkxlink7]

That description is crazy.

[camster4]

OMFG I WANT ONE!

[roxygirl171]

Love this song great piano playing

[rayunseitig]

You gave me a good idea for a video.

An old music box.. Thanks man.

[crazytx1978]

What is the brand of that piano?

[Paladinsucks]

how the hell is one person supposed to play this? XD

[IronMicey911]

Two people are suppose to play, instead of one. This will definitely be an on-core performance if done correctly.

[Disneyfan1004]

wait, so how do these pianos work. do u press down a kep, which makes it play or somthing??

[seanhewitt1]

$60

[seanhewitt1]

i will buy this roll for 50$

[enigman44]

Impossible to be played by one person! The piano roll made this version possible! And what a version! Fan-damn-tastic!

[Athabina]

Hiyo Silver, away!!!!

[someone2602]

They used to have one at a mall near us before it closed ( a grand version)

[Neighmond]

Is that Piano a Cable Euphona?

[sausagemcgee]

I'm pretty sure its a pianola

[S1impikenz]

Yes it is.

[diggiebumps]

thats cool i wish i could play piano

[plokmijn27]

thats good exersise kid , u should get ur mom on one of those ^_^ jk .. jk really dude im just kidding

[plokmijn27]

not really, if she was lucky, she would have found it at a garage sale 30$ , no shes had it probably since she was a kid, and her mom before that

[Brok3nDream]

There one ofs these in my local music shop, when no ones around and it plays by itself...

Creepy ._.

[plokmijn27]

MY GRANDMA HAS ONE ! ITS GREAT .... lot of work tho, and she has this song and about 100 more for it

[w5cdt]

Remember the scene from Clockwork Orange and this music? :-)

[steffiyoung1]

A clockwok orange...WOW loved dat movie

[weennddiiee]

electric I mean :P

[weennddiiee]

wtf:| omgg.. how do you do that:| is it a electricion one? or how do you say that:P

[uranrising]

@weennddiiee It's done by the pushing/pumping of the legs.

[Sidleylady]

My family had one of these, it was called a Pianola. You could play it the normal way or put in a roll - we had hundreds, all classical music. If you put your fingers gently on the keys they went up and down as it played (made your legs ache though!!). Great memories, wish we still had it.

[raoaurea]

No es cierto! (It is not true!)

S1imkenz, muchas gracias, eres un artista!!! (thank you, you are an artits!!!)

[offthebead]

but you said it was better and its not

[S1impikenz]

I ment its a better version of my first release of this song that was in 4 parts. Go check it out, you'll see why.

[Blogengezer]

Many of the "Full Reproduction" Grands are still in existence. The rolls were actually cut by the living concert Pianists of their day. Amazing machines. Check out "House On The Rock" in Wisconsin to see dozens of these various type machines.

[PMDVD]

If you go to an open day at Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester there is a bloke demoing one of these. He has a selection of rolls.

[th3em]

WOW

[AlligatorJack01]

that is just too awesome... but you'd need 2 people to play this lol^^

[mpsarge1]

1 roll, per song that i seen of my moms back in the 50's

[upkilt]

Invisible arms of course!

[mpsarge1]

its called a player piano, uses rolls of music

[kimberoonie]

Wow, this video doesn't contain a lot of things. What it does contain is cool.

[tonewinwy]

That was cool. Thanks for sharing.

[IronMicey911]

Thank You for sharing your videos.

[katgirl21]

This is really cool, I've never seen an actual player piano before!

I have a question: I know you have to pedal it so it plays, but do you have to pedal on each beat like a metronome? I don't understand exactly how it works.

[S1impikenz]

No, you don't need to, but doing so makes you feel more in control of the song and lets you make more expression. If you pedal unrythmicaly, it will sound blan and expressionless.

[Jestophre]

Okay people, as a professional musician/pianist let me clarify all your bickering.

This arrangement is written for 2 people (4 hands) playing at the same time at the same piano. And yes, you're literally playing in and out of the other persons space much of the time...difficult, but loads of fun! This arrangement is excellently done, keeping all the original energy of the symphonic piece.

Thanks for posting this!

[MotelCambodia]

its played with 2 panios whan its done for real

[kingman1315]

he's not good if i can pump air with my feet then am i good no so ur remark sucks

[kingman1315]

and u never will

[Necnom]

I wanna the same piano loool.

[JazzcatSings]

Not only 16 notes but look at the spread of notes. No way could this be a 2 handed piece. Possibly could be played as a four handed piece, but it looks like you'd be smacking into the other person LOL

[ftrentini]

Loved!!

This is so cool! I want one of this for me too!! hahaha

=)

[regregex]

That's a full-on arrangement there. Hamelin's Circus Galop almost sounds like a parody of this!

[neonnurse]

Kudos to you!

FWIW, player pianos are like retro home karoke machines. People bought them so their friends could come over and everyone could sing together. On songs with lyrics, the words are printed on the roll so people who don't know the song well can still join in.

[gouthro2006]

i like in this video does non contain section how it says anime (thank god) lol

[jodijeanbaird]

i love that people think this guy is playing ... guys hate to break it to you but its a player piano --- see that white roll on the piano? that is what's controlling the keys. my grandparents had one and it fascinated me as a kid. apparently its fascinated all of youtube!

[xslayahx]

FINALLY. SOMEONE has brains here.

[jodijeanbaird]

hehe ... a-thank you

[4rbd]

After about the 3:35 point I don't believe any One player could hit all those notes in one performance. It was written for an orchestra, not just a piano. The guy doing the foot pedals is doing more than you think. Nice job. Two thumbs Up.

[LordKahmet]

Look ma I can play with my feet....and you didn't think I wasn't talented:)

[Booberman230]

hmmm. i wonder if anyone can play this with their hands...

[OctoberRose62]

Allllrighty then!!

[emysimo]

I love william tell

[lovemeall97]

this is not anything like the first one

[shihjayang]

HAHA...

"this video does not contain...." nice..

[ptim1786]

how much u buy tat piano for 20k?

[S1impikenz]

My dad bought this piano 14 years ago with 20 piano rolls, which were new at the time, and fully restored for only $750!

[fmcyamwe]

WOW how are u doing that??????????

[kingman1315]

take a guess foot goes up down to pump air.

air lets roll play notes on the roll are played and voila u get music not that hard

[MichelleSeven]

what are u doing!!!wtf???

[fredalottiv]

magnific!

[chaosrealm93]

wtf?

[OVwrestler]

wow! do they even still make those?

[captvictor]

Thats bitchen, tho impossible for one human to actually play. It id very neat to see a player piano.

[LeahOblivious]

omg my eyes r glued 2 the piano keys!!!! o.O

[LeahOblivious]

thts awsome.. i luv those pianos!!!

[rsslvscff]

That is an awesome piece of machinery! It doesn't even need batteries.

[2WhiteanNerdy]

piano, scaring me.

[laekcog]

love those pianos awesome job at the pedals tee hee!

[AristonMenHudor]

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