Timbral Effects of 3D Printing Brass Wind Musical Instruments: A Comparison Between Traditional and 3D Printed Construction

<p>This study explores the timbral effects that manufacturing wind instruments from thermoplastics (via 3D printing) has in comparison to traditionally made instruments. The project mainly focuses on the individual properties of different thermoplastics in comparison to traditional materials like brass. The instrument tested is a C bugle for a simple example of a brass wind instrument and is compared directly against the traditional brass construction. Results employ spectral centroid, spectrograms, and professional subjective analysis to compare the different thermoplastic test samples to the control brass bugle.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Music

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Schwob School of Music

Year

2026

Author dc:creator

• Zelman, Cole K.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Anne Marie Cherry
• Dr. Matthew McCabe

• 3D Printing
• Music
• Instrument
• Timbre
• Thermoplastic
• Other Music

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/798

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:csuepress.columbusstate.edu:theses_dissertations-1784