This isn't circuit bending, but I really wanted to share it! Paul, feel free to move this topic if you feel it's in the wrong spot.
Today I found this guy at the thrift store for $3.
(http://cheezer999.googlepages.com/toykeyboard1.jpg)
Ugly as all get out, not sturdy at all but has a very interesting sound. It's a little actual mechanical "toy" piano. Some of the keys would stick or didn't work at all soooo...
(http://cheezer999.googlepages.com/toykeyboard2.PNG)
Took the entire thing apart, gave all the keys a nice bath, and replaced every piece of foam with a cut-to-size piece of a cut up sponge.
But it's missing something... it's still ugly as hell! So I took it all outside with my favorite paints :]
(http://cheezer999.googlepages.com/toykeyboard3.PNG)
(http://cheezer999.googlepages.com/toykeyboard4.jpg)
It's my badass little dark fluorescent watermelon flavoured piano now!
Here's a little video of what it sounds like: http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=168brwz&s=3 (http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=168brwz&s=3)
nice! all it needs now is an output
Considering sticking a little contact mic in there...
Nice! I like that a lot.
That sounds awesome. It reminds me a bit of the "toy piano" sound in The Chemical Brothers - "My Elastic Eye"...
Nice.. I love the sound of chimes.. getlofi had an entry about toy piano a little while ago.. http://www.getlofi.com/?p=1879 (http://www.getlofi.com/?p=1879)
hehe brill - i've got a little toy piano that works in a kinda bizzarro way (keys hit very large metal rods via cardboard strips, some of which have disintegrated over time that connect to other smaller rods - if that makes sense) that i'm sorting out atm too :D will pop up a pic or two soon...
groovy paint job :D