Miracle Piano
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The Miracle Piano teaching system was a MIDI keyboard/teaching tool for the Nintendo Entertainment System and PC. It consisted of a keyboard, connecting cables, and either software on 3.5" floppies or an NES cartridge. When connected to the console or PC, a user followed the on-screen notes. Its marketed value was as a tool to teach kids and to play the piano. It provided hundreds of lessons, and was advertised as the perfect adjunct to formal lessons. Due to its prohibitive price and low sales, the keyboard and NES cartridge together are a rare find. Some of the NES Miracle keyboards were later converted for PC use - the Nintendo Seal of Quality on these boards was covered up with a piece of plastic.
The Miracle Piano did not ever generate sounds from the NES hardware; all NES MIDI information was converted into audio by the instrument's built-in ROM and played through the instrument's stereo speakers.
For more information on this keyboard please visit Warranty Void (http://users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de/~windle_c/TableHooters/Mindscape_MiraclePiano.html). For a preview taken from the Nintendo Power magazine please visit The Warp Zone (http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/piano.html).