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[unbibium]

So yesterday I bought an ocarina. I didn't mean to buy one with a Triforce on it; that was just the one they had in a decent key.

It's fun to mess around with, and came with a decent enough songbook.

I can't help but wonder, if the desktop 3D printer becomes commonplace, will ocarinas be among the first things we start printing? I think it's solid clay, though for all I know there's a reed in there.

Comments

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Ocarinas don't have reeds; in that respect they're like recorders and whistles. The vibrations are initially produced by the vortex train when air strikes a labium or fipple, which is made of the same stuff as the rest of the ocarina.

[twillis.livejournal.com]

Nick, the idea of printing instruments is pretty cool. Nice one.

[greg-kennedy.livejournal.com]

GOD no, I fear the day my daughter discovers "printable recorder plans" online and decides to try a few out.

[pootrootbeer.livejournal.com]

Well, hollowed clay. A solid ocarina ("solcarina") wouldn't generate much sound.

And I will definitely be among those fabricating new musical instruments once 3D printers are affordable (printer $39.00 with qualifying desktop purchase; refill cartridges $999.99 each.)

[jecook]

*snicker*

While RepRap machines can be bought/made, I would consider them still 1st gen technology; at least for the purposes of what Joe Consumer would expect a 3d printer to do.