Real toy pianos don’t have strings — metal rods are struck by little hammers, so every note rings like a music box with a bite. This voice recreates that: inharmonic metal partials, a quick hammer click, and a short, cheerful decay.
Gloss black lacquer, ivory-feel keys and gold trim. Clean, bright and a little out-of-tune in the charming way only a toy piano is.
Warm, singable progressions for the Classical voice. In Spooky Tiki these turn into minor & diminished haunting chords with a slow, ghostly arpeggio.
Everything is live — change it while you play.
Not perfect harmonics. That slight “wrongness” is exactly what makes a toy piano sound like a toy piano, not a grand piano.
A 30 ms filtered noise burst on every attack — the little felt hammer hitting the rod.
High notes die fastest, low notes ring longest — just like the real Schoenhut-style instruments.
• Touch & glissando: press and slide across the keys on phone or trackpad.
• Polyphonic: hold chords with mouse, touch, or keyboard at once.
• No samples, all synthesis: every note is generated live with the Web Audio API, so it loads instantly and never needs a download.
• Spooky secret: switch to Spooky Tiki and hold a diminished chord — the echo and detune do the haunting for you.
• Bluegrass tip: in Bluegrass, play the same chord twice — each key stays out of tune the same way, because it's one specific beat-up piano, but the clank and rattle change a little every hit. Some keys plunk, some ring, a few buzz.
• Music Box spring: switch to Music Box and keep playing — notes get quieter and sag in pitch as the spring runs down, and the lullaby demo starts to drag. Hit Wind Up (or tap the spring meter) to restore it.
• Kalimba wah: switch to Kalimba and hold the Wah button (or Space) while notes ring — watch the thumb slide over the sound hole on the board as the tone sweeps.