3D Printed Grand Piano

#3DPrinting #Piano #Awesome

The Grand piano is an almost Fully 3D-printed (except for screws, pins, and felt sheets) model with playable keys using accurate action mechanics and functional pedals.

Rods are used instead of guitar/piano strings because 3D printed plastic material can't handle the total string tension and will creep under continuous tension force. Hence tuning will drift, and parts may also fail over time.

There are 24 keys (shy of 2 octaves due to the missing 3rd C), and the reason is to keep the dimension within a specific envelope to ensure a minimum number of split parts that can be printed on a Prusa Mini bed size of 180x180mm.

Printed on Prusa Mk3s & Mini

Filaments used:
White : Esun White PLA+
Brown : Esun Beige PLA+
Glossy Gold : Prusament Viva La Bronze
Matte Gold : Filamentum Gold Happens
Copper : Eryone Silk Copper PLA

Total Print Time : 240 Hours
Total Filament Consumption : 3kg

[Etrehumain]

This is astonishing. The middle pedal system is totally unecessary, means you did it not for acoustic but simply modeling purposes. You are a genius

[tommays]

Pretty brilliant how you were able to make the design trade offs to get it SO functional in a printable design

[marsgizmo]

this is astonishing, great work, well done! 👏😎

[silauras]

I've actually been waiting for this video for a very long time. Thought it would be 88 keys (full size piano) but that's cool too. Huge respect to the author for the amount of effort invested in this work and a great video. Thank you.

[thekingoffailure]

3D printing really is world changing technology. Hands down awe-inspiring build.

[sebastianmonten]

Incredible work and beautiful finish!

3:35 satisfying to see how the keys "veer" away from center to create the gap in the middle

[elodobry]

3 kg of filament is worth printing it! Masterpiece!

[Gothfield]

That’s incredible, love seeing such a complex item come together. Great video!

[patricknauheimer]

Wow! What a well-thought-out masterpiece. Thanks for sharing!

[microdesigns]

This is really a nice piece of artwork because of the passion you used to design and build and film this. I think my favorite part was the keyboard cover because it was the easiest, lol. A little microcontroller and solenoids or vib motors to activate the keys would be my next task and I would then use it as an alarm clock... and a dinner bell.

[walshy]

This is just incredible! If you made it a bit bigger it could actually sound like a legit piano. I love this!!!!

[paper-uncle]

Oh my god, that was so beautiful I was literally tearing up.

[Lumbeelegend]

I was thinking that you had a very expensive printer, but when I seen Prusa, I felt lazy. I got a lot of work to do, thank you for the inspiration and entertainment. Gorgeous build man.

[samwpatterson]

genuinely unbelievable. you make some of the most beautiful 3d printed products available. truly a work of art

[kylinor]

I loved this!! I'm taking an Intro to Piano Technology class which helped make this 20× more engaging 😄 I'm excited to be able to completely understand everything that happened in this video

[gggg]

I´m piano tuner and have 3d printers, that's is wonderful! Congratulations Dan, beautiful job!

[ezersinkhairen]

Freaking sick!!!! Functional and beautiful design! Lots of effort put in. Amazing

[StylesP]

incredible. thank you for sharing this with the world

[TheMaximillyan]

It's AMAZING, 3D GRAND piano future which has today now.

[anukeshambatkar]

Wow !!
briliant 3d design, nice Job, well done