These engineering students made a self playing piano from scratch

It’s the best project in the nearly eight years that the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Makerspace has been open, according to bioengineering professor Jacob Schmidt, who oversees the space.

Two students — Karina Bender and George Grigoryan — and one piano that plays songs. Months of planning, designing, building, testing, frustration, roadblocks … redesigning … and success!

The Engineering Makerspace, which offers 3D printers, laser cutters, electronics fabrication tools and a fully stocked workshop, buzzes with activity in the bottom two levels of Boelter Hall. More than a dozen introductory engineering classes are taught there; it’s used by students in capstone courses building their final projects and many more making their own creations. Schmidt estimates it receives over 10,000 visits from thousands of students each academic quarter.

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