{"id":13418,"date":"2015-09-21T10:37:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T09:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13418"},"modified":"2015-09-21T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T09:37:50","slug":"make-your-own-set-of-piano-stairs-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-an-arduino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13418","title":{"rendered":"Make your own set of piano stairs with a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.instructables.com\/FJ3\/NSJL\/HO2346O8\/FJ3NSJLHO2346O8.MEDIUM.jpg?resize=465%2C620\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in November 2013,\u00a0Bonnie Eisenman and her team used light sensors and torches to create a set of musical stairs at Princeton:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2mHj853z_PU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team have now written up the project as an Instructable so you can create your very own set of stairs! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Piano-Stairs-with-Arduino-and-Raspberry-Pi\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November 2013,\u00a0Bonnie Eisenman and her team used light sensors and torches to create a set of musical stairs at Princeton: The team have now written up the project as an Instructable so you can create your very own&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13418\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,50,31,62,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arduino","category-making","category-music","category-sensors","category-tutorials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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