Mouthpieces.As of now, I have only created one successful mouthpiece, which is for the French Horn.
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3D Print 1For this mouthpiece, I found it off of the internet. The reason I did this was to see the differences between a normal mouthpiece and a 3D printed one. When I tested it, it worked surprisingly well and sounded almost the same as a normal metal mouthpiece.
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3D Print 2For this mouthpiece, I created my own mouthpiece on Tinkercad.com. I wanted to make a large cup (the inside area of the mouthpiece) because this is what my mouthpiece is like. The result was that the cup was too thin and very hard to play.
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3D Print 3For this mouthpiece, I used the same file as 3D Print 2, except I widened the cup. The result turned out ok... But it just didn't feel quite right. This will likely be one of the base models for my project.
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3D Print 4I slightly modified 3D print 3 and printed this in flexible and metal-infused filament. The metal print turned out to be pretty much the same as plastic, and the flexible filament didn't play very well.
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3D Print 5I almost completely changed this mouthpiece because I made it longer, and changed the design. I print this in green abs filament. When I tried the green filament, it was very brittle, so the stem of the mouthpiece broke off and almost got stuck in my horn.
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3D Print 6For this print, I took 3D print 5 and changed the design. I made the tube and lip of the mouthpiece thinner. Since the lip was so thin, the mouthpiece lost grip of the print bed and the 3D print failed. To fix this, I made a "raft," which provides a larger base for the mouthpiece to print on to prevent it from failing. The result was still not perfect, but it was playable.
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