3D Printing: The Future of Microtonal Instruments

3D printing technology is being used at UOW to produce musical instruments for microtonal composers. Its proponents claim the technology will help composers explore the possibilities in microtonal music by providing them with specific instruments designed for their area of study. Hayleigh Sinclair reports.

[@vindurverndari]

lol thanks for the 7 seconds of hearing how the instrument actually sounded I guess

[@zebanon5]

Yeah, I'd love to see more footage of them being played. That double helix harmony whistl looks wild, but does it sound good?

[@FractusFractaurus]

Indeed.

[@Tadesan]

No computer modeling of the acoustics? Just printing pretty looking tubes? Alright then.

[@zebanon5]

LOL. You assume that it didn't happen because they didn't mention it in a 50 second video.

[@Bo-rv8om]

I've read some papers on the designing of these and I can assure you they are well thought out

[@nguyeninhhoang2005]

Is durability guaranteed?

[@farispanzer]

Does this 3d printing instrument are safe if you printing the mouthpiece?

[@TheLoneLlama]

As long as you don’t bite it off and swallow. It’s just plastic.