 The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-12-28 16:53
Wow - never seen this sort of thing before!
This means 3D plastic components can be made without having the expense of making an injection mould and any modifications to the product can be made much easier too as there's no mould to alter or make from scratch.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2010-12-28 17:04
Cool origami instrument! But just try to sell one. Keep in mind the instrument-buying public's ingrained prejudices against such things as non-metal flutes and non-wood clarinets.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-12-28 17:30
It would have helped to have a demonstrator who at least knows where the fingers go. ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif)
Ken Shaw
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2010-12-28 17:37
MIT Media Lab must be a great place to work!
I think that fiddling with bores and tone holes would be faster cutting hard rubber than waiting 15-hours for a "print out."
Kool!
Bob Phillips
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2010-12-28 21:16
@Ken,
If I heard correctly from the player in the video, it seemed as if he said something along the lines of the springs not working (as did the narrator) which caused him not to be able to use the right hand as he should have been able to. It looked like there was an issue with the first finger on the left hand not correctly connecting to the tone hole farther up the instrument.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: rsholmes
Date: 2010-12-28 22:15
@Ken, yes, he was putting his hands in strange positions to hold closed some pads that weren't sealing properly. (As one would not be surprised by, I think, on such an experimental production.)
@Bob, keep in mind it was not just the body that was printed but the keywork too —in place on the body, no assembly required!
And no one is suggesting this is anything like a commercially viable construction process. Not yet... but I would hesitate to assert "not ever".
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Author: davetrow
Date: 2010-12-29 01:42
I saw printed clarinet bodies at Backun when I visited in 2008, but they didn't come out with the keywork already attached. Cool!
Dave Trowbridge
Boulder Creek, CA
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