diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d9fdf6cc..a5ecbc17 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ include = [
 ]
 rust-version = "1.71"
 
+[workspace]
+members = ["python"]
+
 [dependencies]
 arc-swap = "1.6"
 arrayvec = "0.7"
diff --git a/python/Cargo.toml b/python/Cargo.toml
index a7364b78..57ec3eb6 100644
--- a/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [lib]
 name = "web_audio_api"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+doc = false
 
 [dependencies]
 pyo3 = "0.21.1"
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1485e747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Python bindings for web-audio-api-rs
+
+## Local development
+
+```bash
+# cd to this directory
+
+# if not already, create a virtual env
+python3 -m venv .env
+
+# enter the virtual env
+source .env/bin/activate
+
+# (re)build the package
+maturin develop
+```
+
+```python
+import web_audio_api
+ctx = web_audio_api.AudioContext()
+osc = web_audio_api.OscillatorNode(ctx)
+osc.connect(ctx.destination())
+osc.start()
+osc.frequency().set_value(300)
+```
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index b9322a45..cb16ca7c 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,95 @@
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
-use web_audio_api_rs::context::{AudioContext, BaseAudioContext};
-use web_audio_api_rs::node::{AudioNode, AudioScheduledSourceNode};
+use web_audio_api_rs::context::BaseAudioContext;
+use web_audio_api_rs::node::{AudioNode as RsAudioNode, AudioScheduledSourceNode as _};
 
-/// Formats the sum of two numbers as string.
-#[pyfunction]
-fn sum_as_string(a: usize, b: usize) -> PyResult<String> {
-    let ctx = AudioContext::default();
-    let mut osc = ctx.create_oscillator();
-    osc.connect(&ctx.destination());
-    osc.start();
+#[pyclass]
+struct AudioContext(web_audio_api_rs::context::AudioContext);
 
-    Ok((a + b).to_string())
+#[pymethods]
+impl AudioContext {
+    #[new]
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self(Default::default())
+    }
+
+    fn destination(&self) -> AudioNode {
+        let dest = self.0.destination();
+        let node = Arc::new(Mutex::new(dest)) as Arc<Mutex<dyn RsAudioNode + Send + 'static>>;
+        AudioNode(node)
+    }
+}
+
+#[pyclass(subclass)]
+struct AudioNode(Arc<Mutex<dyn RsAudioNode + Send + 'static>>);
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl AudioNode {
+    fn connect(&self, other: &Self) {
+        self.0.lock().unwrap().connect(&*other.0.lock().unwrap());
+    }
+    fn disconnect(&self, other: &Self) {
+        self.0
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .disconnect_dest(&*other.0.lock().unwrap());
+    }
+}
+
+#[pyclass]
+struct AudioParam(web_audio_api_rs::AudioParam);
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl AudioParam {
+    fn value(&self) -> f32 {
+        self.0.value()
+    }
+
+    fn set_value(&self, value: f32) -> Self {
+        Self(self.0.set_value(value).clone())
+    }
+}
+
+#[pyclass(extends = AudioNode)]
+struct OscillatorNode(Arc<Mutex<web_audio_api_rs::node::OscillatorNode>>);
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl OscillatorNode {
+    #[new]
+    fn new(ctx: &AudioContext) -> (Self, AudioNode) {
+        let osc = ctx.0.create_oscillator();
+        let node = Arc::new(Mutex::new(osc));
+        let audio_node = Arc::clone(&node) as Arc<Mutex<dyn RsAudioNode + Send + 'static>>;
+        (OscillatorNode(node), AudioNode(audio_node))
+    }
+
+    #[pyo3(signature = (when=0.0))]
+    fn start(&mut self, when: f64) {
+        self.0.lock().unwrap().start_at(when)
+    }
+
+    #[pyo3(signature = (when=0.0))]
+    fn stop(&mut self, when: f64) {
+        self.0.lock().unwrap().stop_at(when)
+    }
+
+    fn frequency(&self) -> AudioParam {
+        AudioParam(self.0.lock().unwrap().frequency().clone())
+    }
+
+    fn detune(&self) -> AudioParam {
+        AudioParam(self.0.lock().unwrap().detune().clone())
+    }
 }
 
 /// A Python module implemented in Rust.
 #[pymodule]
 fn web_audio_api(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(sum_as_string, m)?)?;
+    m.add_class::<AudioContext>()?;
+    m.add_class::<AudioNode>()?;
+    m.add_class::<OscillatorNode>()?;
+    m.add_class::<AudioParam>()?;
     Ok(())
 }