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This is a student model VITO alto saxophone being disassembled for your viewing pleasure. The saxophone is a very complex instrument comprised of many mechanical components including levers, springs, and screws. These parts must be properly adjusted to tight tolerances to allow pads to properly seal air holes when corresponding keys are pressed. These air holes are precisely spaced so that they create resonances in half scale steps when opened and closed, allowing the saxophone to play all the notes in the chromatic scale. Because the keys must be relatively easy to press, they are located by the palms, sides, or fingers of the hands. The holes, however, are located all up and down the horn. The complex system of levers exists to allow a key placed in a convenient location to actuate a hole located away from the hands.

Alto Saxophone

This is a programmer for Atmel microcontrollers, such as the Atmega328p used in the Arduino. It has a six pin header for in-circuit serial programming (ICSP).

Atmel AVRisp mk II

This guide shows how to disassemble the Gameboy Pocket video game system, released by Nintendo in 1996.

Nintendo Gameboy Pocket

This guide shows how to disassemble a Silvertone electric guitar styled after a Fender Stratocaster.

Electric Guitar

This is a Fitbit pedometer and fitness tracker.NB: After washing machine destruction of functionality!

Fitbit Ultra

Vintage 1989, I may attempt to retrofit the unit. I'm going to try dumping the UV-PROM chips with an Arduino or similar microcontroller.

Applied Biosystems (ABI) 391 DNA Synthesizer PCR-MATE

This is an inexpensive Chinese HT radio, capable of transmitting and receiving on the 2-meter and 70-cm bands. Additionally, it can receive on standard commercial FM frequencies as well as weather band!

BaoFeng UV-5R+ 136-174 400-480 MHz FM Transceiver

This is a teardown guide for the Fluke 87V multimeter, the gold standard of portable multimeters.

Fluke 87 V Digital Multimeter

This is the first generation iPod. It was based on a spinning-disk hard drive and stored 5GB.

Apple iPod First Generation

This guide shows how to take apart a Zippo lighter, a handheld lighter powered by naphtha fuel.

Zippo Lighter



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