St. Andrews Piano

Here are some of the piano drawings. You can see a picture and read about this piano's original design in online articles like this one from South Carolina.

Piano Bus Concept

First Concept

The stringed piano will be in the rear of the body.
The roof will extend with 2 hydraulic arms.
The roof will have a rubber gasket and pull clips for securing when not extended.
The side panel will hinge and lay against the side while conveying. 
The back door is a full panel with a traditional bus pull leaver.

More pictures to come.

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A visit the from Shortcut High Bus : Pianobus discussions

So we had this idea to create a piano car, then we met Jerry Bower, the creator of The Shortcut High Bus. I actually meet him at the Railroad Day festival last year when he was promoting Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Homes. He is a great guy and he made a great machine. We figured what better way to promote our piano/engineering/art/designing /STEAM/STEM program than to build one ourselves with a piano theme. 

Let us get to designing.

3D Printing with PLA some of the drawings students are been making.

We are printing with PLA, because it is currently the most able filament to use for fun prototyping. We have nylon and ABS, but they are a bit less forgiving and more caustic to heat. PLA creates a rigid object with minimal expansion. The printer we are using has dual extruders, but we are only using one. We have a heated aluminum plate with painters tape over it. The x,y, and z axis  are controlled by small stepper motors and an Adruino computer. So much fun. If could print anything, what would you print?