The gaps between the keys look different spacing, which is a bit weird, so I'll need to fix that. Any other suggestions?

Some old pianos are actually like that (wear & tear, etc.) But other than the gaps varying it looks pretty good.

Oooooo! Nice! :)

I showed my wife and she said that all pianos have different gaps. None are perfect. but we're talking Bryceway here. :-)

No, no, no! that's BRYCENUTS & Sons..... Pretty cool stuff. Being on the dole suits you!

Only wish I could claim the dole.

This looks pretty good man. Nice work. love the DOF too.

When I saw the topic I knew this had to be good. I am really curious what the objects are in the reflection. It look to me like an office chair and a model ocean liner. That is a very good image and idea. Well done!

Nice work!!

Can't tell if it's meant to be a very modern keyboard. Living in a house full of pianos and keyboards, my only suggestion would be that most keyboards I see have 'white' keys that are more yellow, and the red cushioning material is more obviously made of felt. But......those are old-ish instruments, so ignore me if this is brand spanking new!

If that piano was in my house there would be a cat on the keyboard :-)

I'm not sure how to do the felt texture, (so didn't try). Yellow keys. Yeah, they do. Probably something to do with real ivory. So assume this is a brand spanking new one, hot of the Bryce assembly line. Maybe I'll do another one with it aged a bit. TobinLam - The reflection is actually looking back from a stage to the seats in a concert hall. I didn't want it to be too obvious, so rotated the sphere to show more of an abstract. The black curved thing in the centre reflection is a set of speakers that face the audience.

I haven't got a piano, but I'd swap it for the cat in a second...!

Wow, I was way off! But I still don't see it. It is definitley not too obvious. It would probably be easier to see with a higher quality image. I can't wait to see it in the gallery.

looks great to me..I guess it depends on the make and model; I've played everything from fairly good to some really beat-up models..have done some keyboard models in my time..though you actually cut out the gaps for the black keys (I got lazy..but then I was doing electronic versions..;)..a nice touch..great textures..now if you pull back some and show us the rest..this is going places, keep with it..

bloody hell.. excellent!

Most concerts featuring piano have the piano sideways to the audience so that they can see both the instrument and the pianist, so what would be reflected would be the wings or walls, depending on the type of stage. Light racks, curtains, flys, etc. would be most appropriate (even an emergency exit, lol!)

This is excellent Phil!

Looks good - now I'll have to wait another four months to do one... What I want to know is are you using reflective images from Indiana now or are you still using ones from the UK?

Hi Phillip. As you already know, I commented on this one on CGT. I'm really honored to be an inspiration to you: I admire a lot your works with Bryce and this is really flattering. Pianos are very difficult to model, with my "Steinway" I did the same: I didn't model what the viewer couldn't see :) And, as far as modeling goes, if you look at mine you'll see that I really messed up the black keys, modeling them way more square like they are in reality. If you're interested in some very detailed reference drawings of all the parts of a Grand Piano, I have them. They're also orthographic, so you can use them to draw upon. I should have a couple of Steinway logos somewhere on my HD. Just IM me and I'll send them to you. I really want to try one in XSI, but I'm waaaaaay behind the modeling skills needed to complete such a complex work. S.

ddruckenmiller - I plundered this one from the net. I'm not proud of it though. :-)

A few people in the CGTalk forum (Doublecrash) noticed some errors in the shadows near the black keys. Mainly down to having one strong light without softshadows. So I've fixed that by adding ten lights with softshadows. Increased the render time from 10 minutes to 4 hours, but I hope it's fixed the problem.