We’ve seen 3D-printed violins before, but they used an electric pickup to amplify the sound of the resonating strings. Using a newly formulated white resin, Formlabs instead 3D-printed an ...

Designed to be as lightweight as possible, the 3D-printed violin was engineered to not only feel great in a musician’s hands, but also to properly resonate while being played.

He added that the pointy two-string violin sounds "quite similar" to what you'd expect. Elaborating, Goldemberg says the violin should sound "more or less like classical bowed strings.

It’s still not entirely 3-D printed, though. The design requires both standard violin strings and a wooden bridge to work.

The Hovalin is a 3D printed violin that injects professional musical acoustic quality into a homegrown maker instrument with rockstar beginnings.

In 1993, Cal Meineke, a doctor with a talent for playing the violin, set out to solve a perplexing mystery: Why do some stringed instruments produce a heartbreakingly beautiful sound, while other ...

This 3-D printed violin is a new kind of musical instrument, and may well be a harbinger of what’s to come.