3d printed instrument
3D Printing, Generative Design, & CNC Harmonize to Make Electric Violin
It’s true, 3D printing and generative design can make beautiful music together…just look at the electric violin recently created by Autodesk and luthier (violin maker) Kevin Baslé! Electric violins, while…
3D Printed Wood Guitar Made with Desktop Metal’s Forust Process
While you can’t yet purchase a wood binder jetting system from Desktop Metal quite yet, you can buy a handful of 3D printed wood items on the Forust website. You…
Is this 3D Printed Alto Saxophone on Kickstarter Viable?
I’ve been playing music in some form or fashion since I was in the first grade, from singing and ringing handbells in various church choirs, taking piano lessons, and playing…
Olaf Diegel’s Latest 3D Printed Guitar, the Xenomorph
“Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.” “Hasta la vista, baby.” “Life is like a box of chocolates.” “Game over, man, game over!” These are all memorable lines from iconic films, though…
Collaborators at UT Austin’s Foundry Create Beautiful Music Together with 3D Printed Six-String Violin
John Adams is one of the greatest composers living today and, as such, his music pushes boundaries and offers challenges to both those who play and it and those who…
3D Printed Violin Marries Digital Technology with Classic Crafting Techniques
Full disclosure – while I have 3D printed many small items, I’ve never attempted anything very large or composed of many pieces. Part of that is because I haven’t worked…
3D Printed e-NABLE Hands Help a Robot Play the Bagpipes
I can’t think of an instrument that commands such polarized reactions as bagpipes do – people seem to either love them with misty-eyed nostalgia or hate them like fingernails on…
Cimquest 3D Prints Colorful, Blue Man Group-Inspired Tubulum
If you’ve ever watched the Blue Man Group perform, you may have wondered about the series of tubes they strike to create percussive yet melodic notes. It’s called a tubulum, and it’s in…
Husband and Wife Team Up to Create Hovalin, the Open Source 3D Printed Violin
One of the many advantages of inventing something is that you get to name it. Even better if your name and the thing you have created have some sort of…
Mixtrument: A 3D Printable ‘Mixable’ Wind Instrument Designed by a Nuclear Engineer
While 3D printing has been touted for its tremendous advantage over other manufacturing techniques, when it comes customization, not everyone is utilizing the technology to its fullest potential. Over the…
Ancient Chi Transverse Flute Gets 3D Printed Reincarnation
If you had been living the high life near the Marquis Yi of Zeng in 433 BC, you might have been lucky enough to hear a performance on the Chi (篪),…
PVC Piping Becomes a Flute with 3D Printed Mouth and End Pieces
I’m not sure when we’ll run out of ideas for things we can make with PVC, but I hope it’s not any time soon. I’ve already decided to use a…
3D Printed Baroque Recorder is Music to the Maker’s Ears
A number of makers have turned their attentions to the art of crafting instruments through 3D printing. At first, these instruments were mostly interesting for their novelty. However, as more and more…
3D Print Your Chanter for More Convenient Bagpipe Practice
The Great Highland Bagpipes are not among the world’s easiest to manage instruments. Unlike walking around with a harmonica in your pocket or with a guitar slung over your shoulder,…
Yale Student Creates Incredible Beer Bottle Keyboard with Help from 3D Printing
As we have seen in the past, musicians have adopted 3D printing in numerous ways, printing instruments, records, and even using the sounds of a 3D printer as the beat…
Olaf Diegel 3D Prints a Saxophone After Being Challenged By 3D Systems’ CEO Avi Reichental
If you have been following the music scene and have any interest what-so-ever in 3D printing, then it is very likely that you have seen the work of a man…
