When Mina Jang played the same melodious tune on two different flutes behind a screen, she said the examiners grading her couldn’t tell the difference.

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Yet the two instruments were made in dramatically different ways. One was a handmade version of an original early 18th-century flute crafted in 2001, while the other was made of white plastic and “cloned” using a 3D printer in 2019.

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Mina Jang was behind the idea of experimenting with 3D printing of old musical instruments The Museum of Music in Paris, whose collection includes a 2,500-year-old flute made of a vulture bone, has recently begun experimenting with the technique in an effort to better preserve period instruments.

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“The idea was to find out how to rapidly obtain a copy of an instrument whilst respecting the original flute,” said the 35-year-old professional flautist and researcher in baroque music, who initiated the idea. Before being […]

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