This is the first sketch of what we imagined the piano to look like. Although the measurements changed, this general design was kept throughout the creation process. The additions from the drawing to the final design were that keys that go on top of the buttons and supports on the bottom of the piano.

This was the first model of the piano Anatis made without any additional attachments.

One of the issues we ran into was that the weight in the front of the piano made it not sturdy and it leaned forward. To fix this Anatis designed and added a support. This made the piano more sturdy and looked significantly better!

The raspberry pie conveniently fits into a compartment inside of the piano.

Anatis worked through many programming bugs and issues while trying to code for this project. We used a Raspberry Pi and breadboard to allow the piano to make a sound. Using a speaker to emit a sound allows for when each button is pressed to play a separate note on the piano.

While setting up the breadboard to connect to the raspberry pi through the piano, Anatis had to adapt to challenges such as wire control, fitting the breadboard, and being able to put all of the necessary tools inside the piano. Anatis team members had to learn how to breadboard and program to finish this project. This photo is the piano in late design while stilling being programmed.