CLEVELAND — *Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report.
A half-dozen exhibitors from Case Western Reserve University are preparing for the Consumer Electronics Show(CES) 2022, an annual tech show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Among those exhibitors is 3D Music, a student-founded company that develops "inexpensive, acoustically solid and durable 3D printed violins for children."
The engineers behind the violins will present the latest version to media members, potential investors and collaborators at the hybrid virtual and in-person national convention for the third straight year.
3D Music founder and engineer Matthew Canel is attending the event in-person and will actually print a pair of the colorful, hard plastic musical instruments on-site during the show. He will also have several others available for visitors to try out.
The process to create a single, 3D violin takes approximately 48 hours.
“We’re excited to show how it works,” said Canel, who conceived and developed the musical instruments while studying at CWRU. “It’s really cool to watch as it comes together over about a two-day period and becomes a high-quality musical instrument.”
The violins cost $200, although Canel is offering them to CES attendees for $150.
“We plan on using CES to do market testing,” he said. “We know there is a market for student players, but we plan to introduce our new full-size violins at CES this year.”
Canel and 2013 Case Western Reserve graduate Ben Kaufman run 3D Music. CES 2022 will take place January 5 through January 8.
For more information on 3D Music and their story, click here.
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*Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report.