Though a Stradivarius violin is one of the world's most coveted instruments, amateurs could soon be jamming on homemade Strads after a French musician unveiled the first fully playable 3D-printed ...

"But if there's a 3D printer in that community, we could easily print a fractional-sized violin so that a child could start." That, Brown said, is the future benefit of this musical experiment.

Ten-year-old Isabella Nicola Cabrera, left, gets instruction from music Professor Elizabeth Adams, right, as she plays her violin with her new prosthetic at the engineering department of George ...

(That said, 3D printers are still too slow for mass production; the prototype violin made for OSO took 60 hours to print.) Defalco points to hip-replacement surgery as a comparative example.

If you happen to be around New York City later this month and fancy checking out the Piezoelectric Violin, it'll be on show at the three-day Inside 3D Printing conference at Manhattan's Javits ...

“The entire body of the violin is made using 3D printing. There are some fasteners, there are strings, and I think a reinforcing rod that is not 3D printed, but for the most part, all the ...

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Each instrument is crafted one tiny layer at a time on a 3D printer at the James City County Library, emerging in three pieces that easily fit together. One violin takes about 24 hours to complete ...

A Stradivarius violin is considered one of the world's most coveted classical instruments, but amateur musicians could soon be jamming on homemade Strads. French violinist Laurent Bernadac has ...