Sheet Music Page Turner

1. Sheet Music Page Turner Giving Musicians the Hand Freedom They Need

2. In this Presentation The Problem Current coping methods Problems with each Our Engineering Solution Mission Statement Customer Needs Results Our Product Design Prototype Design Sketch Explanation of manufacture method

3. The Problem Inability for musicians to play and turn pages simultaneously Hand is needed to turn pages while you play, but both hands are on your instrument Page turns introduce an unwanted inconvenience for players

4. Musicians� Coping Method Stop, turn page, continue Awkward pause created Human Page Turner Hard to get Music-Literate Patient Person Turner may mess you up Sheet music arrangement Very limited, most music is still continuous during page turns

5. The Engineering Solution Use a foot pedal to turn your pages Convert the force used to press the pedal into a force to turn a page Utilize principles of motion

6. Business Objectives Primary Market: Music reading instrumentalists of all ages and all levels: from learning students to professional performing musicians Key Business and Humanitarian Goal: 2 month development of beta prototype of page turning mechanism 50% profit margin Initial 100% market share Improve music learning experience and music performance Avenues for Creative Design: Compactness Mechanical versus Electrical Method of turning pages Method for implementing rotation

7. Customer Needs Sample: 19 musicians Most Important Needs found Reliability Low Noise Sold Separately Tailored for connected sheets No large separators Turning occur from top Average price statement was $27.33

8. Our Turner Design Affordable Minimizes number of components necessary Mechanical Converts motion to create page turn�s rotation Limitless Page Turns Uses magnetic attraction to act as force on paper

9. Design Sketch

10. Exploded View