A Broken Vintage Piano Turned Into a Unique Analog Hybrid of 20 Instruments Connected to the Piano Keys

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When the Ukrainian band Brunettes Shoot Blondes came across a vintage broken piano, they decided to transform it into a unique and completely analog hybrid of 20 different instruments that are each connected and controlled by the piano keys. The band prominently featured this wonderful instrument in the music video for their song “Houston”.

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Brunettes Shoot Blondes designed a unique music instrument packed with a whole orchestra to perform their new song “Houston” live.

The band brought a broken, vintage grand piano to life, by reengineering it into a hybrid, containing 20 instruments in it. The musicians came up with an idea of making a true analog apparatus which could play different instruments nested inside the rim just by playing the keys. So when pressing a key, the piano hammers beat a marimba, tambourine, cymbals or even castanets. There are also special mechanical devices that allow for the playing of cello, violins and organ.

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MUSIC & VIDEO by Brunettes Shoot Blondes

Creative Directors: Andrew Kovaliov, Kirill Svetashov, Roman Sobol
Engineering Team: Yushyn Vladyslav and Creative Association "Armor" | Max Prokhorov, Peter Vashchenko
Concept Designer: Andrew Kovaliov
Producer: Andrey Boyar
Line Producer: Roman Sobol
Band Manager: Katrine Kobzaruk
Editing : Sergey Shurupa
Colorist : Olha Korzhynska
Icon Designer: Olga Tkachenko
Style : Julia Tikhovod
Makeup : Irina Humeniuk

DOP: Kirill Svetashov
Cameramen: Ievgen Punchak, Kyrylo Nechmonia, Daria Sivirin, Vlad Borodach, Ivan Rudiuk
Focus Puller: Svitlana Dudiak
Gaffer: Alexandr Desiaterik
Crane Operator: Taras Geppa
Crane Grip: Filip Povidernyi, Maksym Prylepa

Special thanks to Brian Sherriff | Chris Lujan, Fred Williams, Zhenya Ivanova, Daria Kravets, Luiza Lomaya, Ievgen Kobzaruk, Rostislav Dumich, Dmytro Leonov

Backing vocals: Kristina Mutambe, Cleulia Daniel
Recorded by Denis Yambor @ Zvukocech Studio
Mix/Mastering: Vitaliy Telezyn (211 Recording Studio)
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SONG Download/Streaming: https://bsbmusic.lnk.to/Houston
It all started with the idea: why do not we play our new track on a special instrument that does not exist yet?
We installed percussion, tambourine, violin, melodica, cello, kick drum and other instruments into the vintage piano.

How did we manage to create hybrid grand piano that contains 20 instruments in 1?
Find the answers in the video.

Director/Editor: Andrey Boyar
Camera operator: Ivan Rudiuk