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2026-10-20 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-10-20

Tiny Tines, a toy piano with five playable skins

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Editorial interest 83/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An interactive toy-piano emulator pairs live-playable instrument voices with a rhythm game built around songs and falling notes.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-20 issue.
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People who want a playful browser instrument
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The page specifies partials at 1×, 2.76×, 5.4×, and 8.9×, plus a 30 ms filtered-noise burst for the hammer click.

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The Classical voice is described with inharmonic partials (1×, 2.76×, 5.4×, 8.9×), a 30 ms filtered-noise hammer click, and an exponential decay. Players can tap or glissando on touch screens or trackpads, play polyphonic chords, change octaves, and hold a Wah control while playing. Tine Hero lists five stages and fifteen songs; its scoring labels Perfect at ≤90 ms and Good at ≤200 ms, while the page says songs continue to the end without failing.

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✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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