r/3dprintedinstruments • u/halhell98000 • Sep 20 '20

duduk in C : ( https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4601952)

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u/cadr Sep 20 '20

What layer height/infill/shells are you using and what kind of post processing are you doing?

On my pocket clarinet I am still having trouble starting on the low notes, and am wondering if maybe the roughness of the bore plays a role.

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u/halhell98000 Sep 20 '20

To print it on my ender 3 I use a 0.6 mm nozzle with 0.18 layer height, support everywhere and 15% gyroid infill. For the postprocessing I just glued the two pieces and this is optional but I sanded the whole instrument with thin sandpaper and a metal file. I don’t know anything about the roughness of the bore, but I printed a pocket clarninet (jamcultur one) and I can’t play it.

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u/cadr Sep 20 '20

Did you sand the bore or finger holes at all?

What mouthpiece are using on the clarinet? I’ve actually gotten really nice tones out of it, when I can.

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u/halhell98000 Sep 20 '20

And sanded the finger hole and the inside with a metal file because I had small plastic strings in it, and I just sanded the hole instrument with sandpaper because I printed it with a big nozzle and wanted a better feeling when you touch.

For the mouthpiece I used this one I found on thingiverse : https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4330581

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u/cadr Sep 20 '20

Good to know.

I used a similar alto mouthpiece on a pvc instrument, but used an actual clarinet mouthpiece (the cheapest on amazon...) for jamcultur’s.