Video: https://youtu.be/V9rbJP_DovA
For this assignment I want to make a musical instrument inspired by an accordion with a living hinge and speaker. For the prototype, bending the wood changes the volume of the note, and pressing a button changes the note one octave higher. I didn’t have much trouble with this – making the living hinge was surprisingly simple, and I found a library that could be used to change the volume (credited in the sketch).
Moving forward I plan to use a linear soft potentiometer to change the notes instead so that you can slide your finger up and down the side of the “accordion”, but the wall is all out so I used a button for now. If possible I’d like to use two of them and two speakers so that it can play chords. I also plan to play around more with different cuts of wood and types of wood.
Fritzing and Sketch: assignment5