Comments on: Piano juggling

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:11:19 +0000

I agree. It’s an illusion. I did a google search to see if anyone else had caught on. I’ve seen 2 different guys do it, Menendez and the other guy. I play the piano by ear and they aren’t hitting the right notes(if it were a real keyboard). The impact of the ball on the keys just triggers the next note in the sequence. It’s still impressive how they programmed and memorized the notes. I think Menendez is a better showman. He doesn’t play so fast or so complicated. He fooled all my family and friends until I told them what the trick was. I knew that it would be pretty impossible to play a keyboard in such a way no mistakes, and I thought about those lightup keyboards for beginners. There is a mode in which no matter what key you strike, the right note sounds. You can hit the same key over and over and it plays the song for you. These guys CAN juggle very well though.

By: Henk

Henk — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:45:40 +0000

the 1st one is a fake, but so is the 2nd one. We’ve been looking at it a few times and in the 30 seconds version there’s not only a melody, but also a baseline. On a keyboard this can be done automatically but only if you’re playing and holding a chord. Just pressing one key is not enough for the keyboard to know which corresponding base to play.
Still cool though!

By: Ham Bone

Ham Bone — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:35:24 +0000

Well I have seen this video upwards of 20 times… and I can say without a doubt that this is fake. You will notice at about 1:05 he does 3 chords in a row… at the end of La Coceracha (spelling?) it goes like this Low, high, low. He hits high, low, high. and if that doesn’t sell you I have found another blunder… at 1:34 durring that song… (if you know the name of it PLEASE e-mail me at implantman@hotmail.com and subject the e-mail piano balls song) he does that part and he is supposed to hit 2 of the same note but they are abviouly like 4 keys apart. DOn’t get me wrong, he is one of the greatest showmen I have ever seen… how he leads you to believe he is rappy then whips out the ending in like 225 BPM tempo. But he does just have a Midi Keyboard. you load in what you want to play and you can press the same key again and again and it will play the song as if you were pressing the corrct keys. Well anyways good for him, he has made a mint out of his con. BUT there is one fella who acctualy can do it. His name is Dan Menendez and he was on Fox’s 30 seconds to fame. I have his video is at http://www.pianojuggler.com/DanMenendez1.wmv
I hope this clears up some confussion, and YES i do realize that i do have TOO much time on my hands when i am studying Piano Juggeing videos. Thanks fo reading.
-Hambone