3D PRINTED VS REAL VIOLIN 🎻

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• SA

  @sabrinai · 2 years ago

  If you can build a violin slowly, you can print a violin quickly.

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• AR

  @aredesuyo · 2 years ago

  You've spent your whole life with a violin bridge right in front of your face, and you don't remember that the E side is lower. I'm dying right now 🤣🤣

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• ME

  @meadmaker4525 · 1 year ago

  The way this 3D printed violin is printed and segmented, the normal resonating chamber is so blocked you'll never get a really good sound out of it.  If you printed the body in 1 piece using vase mode, with perhaps some built-in longitudinal reinforcements and a full-size neck, it would sound a LOT better.  Wood absorbs sound better than plastic, but with the Strad it has been losing moisture for so long the wood fibers have become "harder," so the tone is richer and the volume is louder.  In fact, that Strad would have sounded a lot different when it was brand new than it does now.  The plastic, on the other hand, is a hard surface that will absolutely resonate if built properly.  In fact, you could use higher-grade filaments, including carbon fiber, through the 3D printer to create an even more rigid body.  Then just sand the back of the neck, fix a proper bridge and strings, and I think you'd be surprised by the result.

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• AU

  @austinhaley8590 · 2 years ago

  @Ray Chen, I create 3d printed violin designs! I would be happy to ship you a full kit. 3d printed violins cannot compete with the volume of a wooden instrument, so I make acoustic/electric designs. Although, I will guarantee that the acoustic sound and volume of my violins is a league above the Hovalin.

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• JE

  @Jeffrey_Wong · 3 months ago

  the 3D printed violin performed so much better than I expected it to

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• RA

  @rautibo · 2 years ago

  It sounded incredible for the cost

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• JO

  @Joshuamllr · 2 years ago

  Print it in one solid piece. You’ll be really surprised how much better it sounds.

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• MA

  @maggiepie8810 · 2 years ago

  It sounds pretty nice for being made out of plastic. I'm impressed!

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• PL

  @plaisthos · 2 years ago

  Would be interesting to see what a replacing the bridge with a wooden one would make as a difference. All serious electric string instruments also use wooden bridges.

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• GI

  @Ginger_bit · 2 years ago

  With it being an open-source model, I&apos;m sure there are plenty of edits, changes, and customisations you could add that would vastly improve the quality and sound of the instrument. For example, you could change the filiment material, wall thickness, size of the tone holes or even coat the inside of the body materials like wood, foam, or rubber that I&apos;m sure would drastically alter how it plays and sounds.<br>It being 3d-printed is just a starting point for those with the desire and skills to fully customise their instrument to do so.

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• JU

  @jub8891 · 2 years ago

  dunno man, looks kinda plasticky but knowing who will be playing it., it will probably sound like a million dollars

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• JO

  @jonathanmccomb4187 · 2 years ago

  Maybe a re-design needed to make the middle section of the body as large as possible so that its upper and lower surfaces have more freedom to resonate.

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