The story behind Neoluthy, a 3D-printed violin designed and hand-assembled in Bogotá, Colombia, from the first prints to today.
Build experimental instruments that are playable, beautiful, and technically interesting.
Lower barriers to lutherie through new materials and fabrication methods.
It began with an electric cello, hand-wound coil pickups and all. Building instruments felt like the perfect meeting point of science and art.
A first 3D printer reignited the idea. Between an ukulele, a small guitar, and a violin, the violin won: the most recognizable, and the hardest to get right.
During the pandemic, a printable three-piece model took shape, printed on a custom large-format machine built for the job.
The first violin that could hold string tension and actually be played, on more reliable printers.
A refined, dependable print, tested in the wild. Recognized with the Professional Development Grand Tier 1 Award at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where conservatory students recorded it in professional studios.
Showed the first violin at the Wintergatan Community Meetup in Rüdesheim, Germany, among builders celebrating mechanical music. Also selected for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's first incubator cohort, pitching to professionals from across the music industry.
Our first year at Open Sauce, showing the first version and gathering feedback from the crowd. Designer Bryand Salamanca joins the project.
Attended PRINTED in Amsterdam, connecting with the wider 3D-printing world. Back at Open Sauce, V2 arrives: a fuller sound, more volume, less weight, and more reliable prints.
V3 lands with a near-seamless print-and-leave process and coil-pickup research underway, as the violin launches as a product. Our third year at Open Sauce.
Open designs where we can, starting with our free v1 violin.
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