String instruments made with traditional woodworking are expensive. There must be a more affordable way to achieve sound quality. The solution is 3D printing.

Lund University professor Olaf Diegel and a band comprising students at the Swedish school’s Malmö Academy of Music recently put on what they called the world’s first live concert of its kind, using ...

We’ve seen 3D printing move into many industries: automotive, aviation, gaming, etc., just about anywhere there’s a need for complex or custom parts. But what’s the story with the music industry? Some ...

The cello’s top and back are made from flat, concave carbon-fiber panels. Its ribs and neck are produced through 3D printing.

(Nanowerk News) Music is an art, but it is also a science involving vibrating reeds and strings, sound waves and resonances. The study of acoustics can help scientists produce beautiful music even ...

One of the latest fruits of the newfangled technology is of the musical sort: a collection of fully-functional and highly-eccentric instruments created by Florida-based architecture firm Monad Studio ...

For decades, inventors and innovators have tried to create electronic musical instruments that could do many things well. The Fairlight CMI, a sampling and synthesis computer and keyboard released in ...

Researchers at the University of Connecticut are using medical technology to breathe new life into some antique musical instruments. Dr. Robert Howe, a reproductive endocrinologist in East Longmeadow, ...

We just stumbled upon a great repository of all musical things that are 3D printed. It’s a wiki dedicated to sharing and recording these 3D printed instruments to help encourage further ideas and ...

The instrument manufacturing company ODD Guitars has been implementing 3D-printing technology to generate all sorts of cool things. The company was originated by design engineer Olaf Diegel, whose ...

If you’re looking for a long journey into the wonderful world of instrument hacking, [Arty Farty Guitars] is six parts into a seven part series on hacking an existing guitar into a ...

While 3D printing is often used for advancements in medicine or science, such as FDA-approved drugs or rocket pumps, this week it made an academic one. A PhD student at the Australian National ...