Introduction: The Pocket Piano

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About: I am a Mechanical Engineering student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The Pocket Piano provides the user with an easy way to translate knowledge from a music class into real musical learning. Through the use of a sponge as a spring, each piano key revolves around a fixed wooden dowel, allowing for a physical lever to be formed. This makes the pocket piano actually feel like a real piano!


Supplies

  1. 3D Printer
  2. Sandpaper (to file down brims from printing)
  3. Dowels (3/16'')
  4. Sponge

Step 1: Print Parts

Slice them in PrucaSlicer with your desired settings.

Attachments

Step 2: Fabricate

  1. Cut dowel to size of base
  2. Cut sponge to lay in the base of piano
  3. Stick dowel through all of the keys and assemble the rest!