The Saxaboom: A Fun Musical Instrument for Home Use.

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The Saxaboom: A Fun Musical Instrument for Home Use.
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A father recreated a Sax-A-Boom toy for his son's school event after finding out that the original toy costs around $700. He commissioned a 3D model from a professional on Fiverr and used an ESP32-based board called Sonatino for the device's guts. The music samples came from a virtual instrument clone on GitHub and loaded onto an SD card. Despite some gaps and paint flaws, the son rocked the school presentation with the recreated toy.

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