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
The duo designed an electrical system to play all 88 keys simultaneously — one they had not seen in other self-playing piano designs
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Jun 5, 2026
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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.
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