You'll no doubt be aware by now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players are capable of making some pretty astonishing thing. Over the weeks since release, we've seen all kinds of ridiculous vehicles take Link into the skies and under the water of Hyrule, but not much has been done outside of traversal. Sure, it's useful to make a vehicle that can drive up walls or navigate any type of terrain, but what if you want to brighten up Hyrule with some lovely tunes?
Well have no fear, as a number of players have started turning their attention towards the arts, creating all sorts of weird contraptions to play wonderful little ditties with spooky accuracy. They're managing to make little tunes thanks to the game's Zonai Stakes, which can be planted in the ground at different depths and then struck by a weapon to create higher and lower pitch notes depending on how tall or short they are. It's make much more sense in practice.
Both of today's examples come from the Hyrule Engineering subreddit, our first of which is from u/VampyrosLesbos who has devised a way to play the opening of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" perfectly. After setting up their Stakes to the required depths, they then create a rail for a machine to drive down and attach a laser to it. As it goes down the rail, the laser strikes each stake creating the tune. Pretty impressive stuff.
Our second example comes from u/LordOrgilRoberusIII, who doesn't create a tune, but rather a means of doing so. Instead of the rail technique, they've managed to create a functional piano with seven different keys, using Link himself as a counterweight to lift up lasers and strike Stakes that are sunk into the ground at different depths. It looks pretty difficult to play quickly, but it's very interesting to see the community iterate on designs in this way. They'll be playing Mozart at this rate.
If you look further down the thread, you can already see fellow engineers suggestings ways to hit the keys quicker, with others requesting songs such as "Welcome to the Black Parade" and the inevitable "Never Gonna Give You Up" cover. Whether or not these pioneers will be able to pull of such a feat remains to be seen, though they've proved themselves capable of figuring it out eventually. I suspect Rick Astley will grace Hyrule within the next 72 hours.