Wearable Toy Piano

step 1What you need

What you need:-Toy piano (batteries included)-T-shirt-conductive fabric-conductive thread-normal thread-neoprene (or normal thick fabric)-fusible interface (iron on)-3mm fo…

step 2Open the Toy Piano

Open the Toy piano casing with screw driver.There are circuit, speaker and batteries inside.

step 3Prepare the circuit

connect wires to the metal bits of the circuit. there are small metal part above the button (looks like black painted thing). this will be one side of the button (switch). …

step 4battery case

Here I am using neoprene, but you can also use other kinds of stretchy fabric as well. Use fusible to stick the conductive fabric on the tab part of the material (small rou…

step 5speaker with popper connection

step 6print the circuit pattern onto the T-shirt

print the circuit pattern onto the T-shirt by using the ink jet iron on paper.I made a circuit pattern with illustrator and printed on iron on paper.Then the parts are cut …

step 7iron on the conductive fabric

for the base side of the button, I have used conductive fabric stripes placed as the pattern using fusible interface.

step 8make buttons

cut the 3mm foam to the size of the button, make a hole in the middle and close it with the other side of the button. Do not forget to put the conductive fabric on this sid…

step 9make all the circuit connection

make all the circuit connection following the pattern with conductive stitches and conductive fabric strips using fusible. connect the poppers at the end of the line so tha…

step 10connect all the components

Now place all the components with poppers and it is ready to go!

step 11Here is my friend playing some strange tune...

The plan was to place 2 of the button under arms... but it was a bit far inside.. next improvement point... The sound is not very loud, but it makes nice electric guitar …