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title: "Leaky Player Piano Gets MIDI Upgrade In YouTube Restomod"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/leaky-player-piano-gets-midi-upgrade-in-youtube-restomod-isjtjk8b0
source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/leaky-player-piano-gets-midi-upgrade-in-youtube-restomod
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source: "Hackaday"
published: 2026-06-18T05:08:11.132Z
updated: 2026-06-18T06:19:49.155Z
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# Leaky Player Piano Gets MIDI Upgrade In YouTube Restomod

**[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A hardware hacker retrofitted a leaky antique player piano with MIDI-controlled solenoids, making it play any MIDI file while keeping the original mechanism intact. The build uses a Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) driving 88 solenoids via MOSFETs and shift registers, with PIO-based PWM for velocity/volume control and staggered pulse timing to manage power draw during chords.

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