watch & be humbled (not by me - obviously :D)

I like to share something miniaturewise with you that astounded me, something truly amazing:

"one-of-a-kind masterpiece by artist Paul Gentile. A fully-functional replica of the stunning

1903 Steinway White House grand piano" - Steinway

source: Forbes.com

source: Steinway

16 years

over 12000 (!) parts

multiple disciplines (incredibly good woodcarving, painting, metalworking etc)

& the determination and patience of a saint
 

I am so humbled by what this man has achieved, it's incredible!

Watching these video's not only impressed me greatly, but also moved me. Especially the second where you can see how impossible it seemed for him, what kept him going and finally succeeded.

the making of this 1:7th scale extraordinary piece of art

Update: here's an ultrashort clip of the piano being 'played' one tone (from an article I understand that this mini-Steinway "can be played but not tuned, as the parts are too delicate to withstand the strain". and therefore it doesn't play as a normal piano, but here you can at least here a tone coming from it). It's too bad they don't play more of the keys, just to get an idea, but this is all I could find.

Enjoy!

an amazing man, who nearly went insane building this truly unique piano, as you can read about it in this article