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 ...

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, ...

Though musicians could probably point to numerous exquisite examples of custom instruments with relative ease, we'd wager that few would compare to those produced by Olaf Diegel. Now the Lund ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s official: you’re not punk unless you make your own instruments. Toronto band Secret Broadcast took DIY to a whole new level with a live performance video for the song “One Born Every Minute.” The ...

ODD is the brainchild of Olaf Diegel, and the last time Gizmag caught up with the Kiwi Professor of Mechtronics he had just unveiled a pair of beautifully intricate 3D-printed guitar bodies attached ...

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 ...

New Zealand design engineer Olaf Diegel has 3D-printed an electric guitar, bass, drum set, and keyboard that will be played live at the EuroMold design fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Michelle Starr is ...

3D printers are extreme precision instruments. It's easy to forget just how miraculous it is to have a tiny box in your house ...

SAN DIEGO, December 5, 2019 -- 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 ...