Controlling table music system

An apparatus comprising:

• an enclosure comprising a top surface, bottom surface, front surface, rear surface, left surface, and right surface, wherein at least the front surface is configured to face a user and wherein at least the front and top surfaces are free of manually-operated, mechanically-actuated controls;
• an illuminated clock for displaying time through one of the surfaces on the enclosure;
• one or more speakers located within the enclosure for reproducing audio;
• an alarm configured to be set by a user such that when the time reaches an alarm time, audio is reproduced from the one or more speakers;
• a remote control configured to control a plurality of user functions of the apparatus, the plurality of user functions including at least setting a time for the alarm;
• a touch sensitive area located on one of the surfaces of the enclosure near a touch sensitive switch inside the enclosure, including a conducting strip on the inside of said one of the surface the touch sensitive area configured to snooze the alarm for a predefined amount of time when the touch sensitive area is touched by a user;
• and
• wherein the remote control is configured to permit a user to disable the touch sensitive area.

A touch sensor for a table music system, the touch sensor comprising:

• a conductive pad adhered to the underside of a top surface on a first piece of an enclosure of the table music system;
• a controller chip mounted on a circuit board attached to a second piece of an enclosure of the table music system, wherein the controller chip is configured to detect a change in capacitance of the conductive pad indicating a user's touch on the top surface of the enclosure in an area above the conductive pad;
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• a spring connector having a relaxed position when the first and second piece of the enclosure are not attached and a compressed position when the first and second pieces of the enclosure are attached, wherein the spring connector forms a non-mechanical, electrical connection between the conductive pad and the circuit board.