Construct kit

Yamaha CFX concert grand piano, a kit

1:12 scale · 54 pieces on 1 plate · 9 steps · 134.4 × 229.1 × 85.8 mm built

The finished model

Watch it built in 3D, step by step → Turn it, replay any step.

Before you start

You need

  • The plates, printed (clear plates in clear filament or resin)
  • Plastic cement or super glue
  • A sharp knife and fine sanding paper
  • The paints below

Paints

brass2, 13, 51, 52, 53
key black15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
key white14
polished ebony1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 54

Not yet built by anyone. This kit was made and checked by software and by AI critics, not test-printed and glued by a person. Print one piece first (each is a named object on its plate, and on its own in pieces/ where the kit was made), check how it fits, and tell us how it went: github.com/rtmandreyev/construct/issues.

Plates

Plate 1
Plate 1

Building it

1

Start with the case body

3D
case body
1
polished ebony
Step 1
  • 1 case body polished ebony — the base
2

Glue the nameplate and the leg rear onto the case body

3D
nameplate
2
brass
leg rear
3
polished ebony
Step 2
  • 2 nameplate brass onto 1 case body
  • 3 leg rear polished ebony onto 1 case body
3

At the bench: build the keybed, with the lyre post, 2 × cheek and the key slip

Build this on its own first
3D
keybed
4
polished ebony
lyre post
5
polished ebony
cheek
6, 7 ×2
polished ebony
key slip
8
polished ebony
Step 3
  • 4 keybed polished ebony — start of this assembly
  • 5 lyre post polished ebony onto 4 keybed
  • 67 cheek polished ebony onto 4 keybed
  • 8 key slip polished ebony onto 4 keybed
4

Glue 2 × leg front, the lyre post, the lyre box and the pedals onto the keybed

3D
leg front
9, 10 ×2
polished ebony
lyre post
11
polished ebony
lyre box
12
polished ebony
pedals
13
brass
Step 4
  • 910 leg front polished ebony onto 4 keybed
  • 11 lyre post polished ebony onto 4 keybed
  • 12 lyre box polished ebony onto 11 lyre post
  • 13 pedals brass onto 12 lyre box
5

At the bench: build the white keys, with 36 × black keys

Build this on its own first
3D
white keys
14
key white
black keys
15, 16, 17… ×36
key black
Step 5
  • 14 white keys key white — start of this assembly
  • 1516… 50 ×36 black keys key black onto 14 white keys
6

Fit the white keys assembly onto the keybed

Fit it
3D
Step 6
  • 14 the white keys assembly onto 4 keybed
7

Fit the keybed assembly onto the case body

Fit it
3D
Step 7
  • 4 the keybed assembly onto 1 case body
8

Details, last: the caster rear and 2 × caster wheel

Fragile: fit these last
3D
caster rear
51
brass
caster wheel
52, 53 ×2
brass
Step 8
  • 51 caster rear brass onto 3 leg rear
  • 5253 caster wheel brass onto 9, 10 leg front
9

Hang the lid on the case body

It moves: glue it shut, or leave it unglued to show it open
3D
lid
54
polished ebony
Step 9
  • 54 lid polished ebony onto 1 case body