Schiedmayer Celesta at NAMM 2019 (Celeste)
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2019
- The Schiedmayer Celesta company invited me to the NAMM show this year to try out their 5 and a half octave celesta, which is an absolutely wonderful instrument. There's a lot of background noise, because of how crazy the NAMM show is, but we tried to eliminate as much of it as possible.
Schiedmayer Celesta GmbH
Schäferhauser Str. 10/2
73240 Wendlingen/Germany
Tel. ++49 (0)7024 / 5019840
Fax ++49 (0)7024 / 5019841
www.celesta-schiedmayer.de 
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Contact information for Schiedmayer
Schiedmayer Celesta GmbHSchäferhauser Str. 10/2
73240 Wendlingen/GermanyTel. ++49 (0)7024 / 5019840
Fax ++49 (0)7024 / 5019841www.celesta-schiedmayer.de
In my opinion, anything played on a celesta not only sounds "heavenly" but also mysteriously magical. Great video JPS. One thing you always do in your videos is give joy when you perform.
Thank you always for the nice things you say, it's things like this that really make me want to be the very best I can be.
James, very nice and detailed description ! - Thanks for visiting our booth @ The Namm Show 2019
Thank you for your dedication to the fine art of idiophone construction. It was honestly one of the highlights of my NAMM 2019 experience.
🎵You had one of the best booths @ The Namm Show 2019 ! Great craftmanship in your instruments ! Bravo Schiedmayer Celesta Gmbh ! Wunderbar ! 🎼🎵🎼🎵
I've been captivated with this instrument since I was a child. I've wondered what it looked like inside, how it worked. Now I know, thank you very much. Harpsichord pieces sound very nice on it. Another unusual keyboard exposed on RUclips was the Melotron that uses magnetic tapes that samples each note. Below, the Fender Rhodes was mentioned, um off to discover what makes that tick next. Your demo was superb, enjoyed mucho.
Don
I think I remember reading a bit about the Melotron, and if I remember right it was a very cool instrument, but almost impossible to keep running.
YOU young man, are VERY gifted, talented...thanks for sharing your blessings with us.
Thanks for educating me about this instrument, never heard about it before. Really cool!
D.S. I have only run across these marvelous instruments twice, both in very noisy locations so the audio is less than perfect, but the instrument shines through in spite of all of the noise.
Any instrument: exists
James: DaVy JoNeS
P.s. I'm not being mean I actually love the song myself. I just find it funny
he's so passionate about what he does, and it really shows. thank you for demonstrating this beautiful instrument!
Love the sound of the Celesta - this video was a real treat, thanks a lot.
8:01 When you expect clapping but no one claps
That made me laugh!
Well I mean I clapped irl if that counts
I always love your videos as you make musical education and the history of the instruments just fascinating, uplifting, and very enjoyable. Thank you for your love of the instruments you obviously have, (and you play exceptionally well too)!!
Thanks for the very informative video James!
Dude, that was awesome. I love the grin at the end of the sugar plum fairy dance bit. I know that feeling. When you know you nailed it. AWESOME instrument, and great video, thanks.
Thank you so much for sharing! Awesome Channel.
Thank you for you positive thoughts.
This was great, one of the longest demos of a celeste. Also, the theme of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood also used the celeste.
The trolleys bell was also
What I love about this presentation is the amount of play time you have given us. Keep up the good work!
I have in the past been concerned about making the videos so long, but if this is something most people would like I could do more of this. I wanted to in this case as it is so rare to get to play a celesta, never mind a Schiedmayer Celesta, so I just went for it. If I am able to get a celesta for my studio you will be hearing a lot from one.
I have never heard of this kind of instrument! Great video!
always adored the sound of the celesta
Me too!
Just discovered this video. Absolutely enthralled by these since childhood. loved all the music. Esp Harry Potter.
I really appreciate your videos. You always have something of interest to show.
If that isn't fun, I don't know what is ! Many thanks to you for this one.
I would agree with Matthew Smith that the Fender Rhodes is very similar (especially when in 'full tines' configuration) and both have an unforgettable sound. And you did an excellent demonstration of both. Thank you.
Very nice explanation of this rarely seen instrument. Loved your performance on it. Feted Grofe also wrote a solo for the Celesta in his “Grand Canyon Suite”. Thanks
I've been using the celesta a lot in my orchestral music but never give it solos . Thanks for the information about Scheidmayer , and how the instrument works and the history with Maezel and Tchaikovsky and making me realize its uniqueness !
Amazing sound and review!
Amazing instrument, beautifully played.
Was super glad to watch you play in person. My friend and I were super pleased to hear you.
It was really nice to meet you, I had a lot of fun!
Great overview of the instrument! Thanks! :)
My favorite tune 🤣🍑🧚♂️but I enjoy listening to anything u play. Assortments fascinate :) Gr8 model of the action thanks James
I wish you would have played scales on it. It is a beautiful sound and will allow one to hear a complete instrument. I will probably never get closer than what you have allowed me to get on my life. You are the link between people like me, and the beauty and depth of your world. Thank you so much for sharing.
THAAAAAANKS! Now I want one.
Great vlog, man - unique instrument! Magical, mysterious and crystal glass clear, music-box-like-dream-land quality. Loved your explanation of the inner workings of the Celesta. Tchaikovsky and Bach pieces were wicked - great choices for this lovely sparkling gem.
Bernard Fitzpatrick, everytime I play a piece on one of these fine instruments, I am amazed at the range they have the ability to make such beautiful music.
the ancestor of the fender rhodes !
A wonderful video!
Those extra high notes on the celesta plus the extra low notes on the imperial style piano that you showed in another video reminded me. It occurred to me that such instruments as the piano are used as the standard for teaching and writing music (middle C two bars away from both the treble and the bass staff and halfway in-between). The piano represents the full range of audible tones within a reasonable limit (most instruments you have to combine in order to play a full range, even within each of the four chambers of a symphony orchestra), and the keyboard style helps to visualize where notes belong in an octave and which ones are natural vs. accidental. This gave me the idea of the Piano Extreme where too many keys are intentionally added to both the treble end and the bass end. The next octave beyond both ends of the piano keyboard would represent the Yellow Zone where we can still [sort of] discern some of the audible tones, and all the octaves afterwards represent the Red Zone where the lower frequencies start sounding like a metronome instead of a musical instrument while the upper frequencies become too high-pitched for human ears to distinguish as notes. Where notes are too high for piano strings, celesta or Japanese energy bars could take their place.
And all this time, I've been pronouncing *celesta* like with the "c" in "cello".
In different areas people do pronounce things differently. I have found no matter how I pronounce something some will correct me, it's one of the largest number of comments I get.
@@ThePianoforever Oh, I see. I just assumed I was saying it kind of wrong. Good to know!
In french, as France is the original motherland of the celesta, it is effectively pronounced with the 's' of sax; but for example, in Italy your previous habit would be accurate, so don't be worry!
There are some arias and other works, such as Das klinget so herrlich, from The Magic Flute which sound amazing on celesta.
thanks! this is one of the instruments i've always loved the most for its mysterious "heavenly" sound but never knew these details about how it works and its history ...
I have always loved this instrument as well, and non more than the Schiedmayer version. I may have some great news soon on this exact celesta, stay tuned.
@@ThePianoforever great! i always follow your truly fine videos ... you are what i wanted to be at your age but never made it so far and so good in music, especially at playing the keyboards! :-)
btw, as a pro photographer / cameraman, here's my 2.5 bicoins worth of friendly suggestions: you could have a better camera work to go with the really good content your provide!
just a small inexpensive camera stabilizer add-on could do wonders!
if you're using things like the GoPro camera, some of its models do also have an electronic stabilizer built-in ...
if you're using a smartphone, just some very cheap selfie sticks, although not ideal, could add a reasonable amount of camera stabilization too!) :-)
Hello James, I love your videos. Your desire and follow through on the studio makes me want to start my own studio (different goal, RUclips live stream production, but musical instruments will play a part eventually as I generalize).
Welcome to RUclips land! Thank you for coming by and checking out what I have been up to.
Thanks for sharing!
That was a nice video with a nice sound.
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Fun! The instrument is arranged much like a pipe organ, with different sections for treble and bass, and having natural and sharp sides, where notes played on a chromatic scale jump from one side to another. When tuning one side of a rank of pipes, you play C D E F# G# A#, and then the other side plays C# D# F G A B. You would tune one side all the way up the keyboard, and then you would switch to the other side, otherwise you would have to jump from side to side to tune the pipes.
Excellent presentation!
Thank you! :D
Wonderful!
I hope to review this very instrument in my recording studio very soon.
sounds beautiful plus informative vid.
Some day I am going to play one of these in a quite environment, preferably in my studio where I can have the time to fully explore all of the possibilities of what could be done. I think one could add this instrument to all kinds of classical, and contemporary music with a series of other instruments that would truly be astonishing.
This is like the Bugatti of percussion instruments...
my dream is to play it one day,i love that instrument even if i have never seen one Irl
Really Cool.
It's an upright Xylophone! 🤩
Hey James could you try out and play the accordion with pop song in the NAMM?
I love the requests I get on this channel.
Блестящий!
I don't believe that there is a keyboard you can not play thank you
I remember that Lawrence Welk said he used a celesta for many pieces including "Yellow Bird" but the one he used sounded like a harpsichord, not like what you just demonstrated.
If you ever make another celeste video, please play Riders on the Storm. :)
It almost has a super warm xylophone sound if it was capable of higher sustains and better control.
What is the name of the book of Celesta music you are playing from?
First lessons in Bach (widely available). It's not really celesta music as Bach was one hundred years before the celesta was invented, but the celesta has a wide range of music possibilities.
What is the difference between a keyboard glockenspiel and a celesta?
great
@5:44 Well that’s a Hammond in the background!
Yes, I played on that one a bit, but honestly prefer my 65 for sure.
ThePianoforever I have a 1963 Hammond M101 spinet. Love it.
Is a Fender Rhodes Piano more related to a Celesta than a piano?
There are some types of electric piano which sound more like a celeste than a piano! I noticed when you played the Tchaikovsky that at times the resonance was quite reminiscent of a Rhodes 'piano' which if the celeste was better known (or older) would be called an electric celeste, not an electric piano.
The Fender Rhodes did have a very unique sound that I think in some ways could be compared to a celesta.
A Rhodes piano is more reminiscent of a dulcitone
😃 interesting article
That thing sounds like a Soundblaster
Previous comment should say Ferde Grofe
Always a pleasure to have you come by Modelnick.
ThePianoforever Thanks! Always enjoy your work and thorough explanations!
Very nice! Too bad the boo is so short though.
🤗👍🏻
So it's just a glockenspiel xylophone and a piano together
You keep saying you want to try a pipe organ... If you're ever in Raleigh NC, there's a huge one I bet I could arrange for you to play
I might be getting back in touch with you if I find myself in the area.
I tell ya Nam sure has changed since I left in 69
isn't it pronounced 'shelesta' instead of the written word celesta?
Think of the word cello, now think chelesta.
cello is an Italian word and celesta is a french one.