The Royal College of Music Museum has three original 18th century recorders - and have scanned and 3D printed copies for the students to get to grips with! Let’s find out more about this ongoing research…

Come visit the museum! Open to the public Tuesday-Sunday, times on the website. There are concerts and events as well as the beautiful instruments on display.

With thanks to: The Royal College of Music, the RCM Museum, and the University of Turin. To Professor of Material Culture and Music and museum curator and Prof. Gabriele Rossi Rognoni, Prof. Gabriele Ricchicardi of the University of Turin, and Faculty of Historical Performance head Prof. Ashley Solomon. Thank you to RCMstudents Larli Davies, Luca Imperiale, Anna Walker, and Samuel Finch.

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00:00 Intro
00:43 The Royal College of Music Museum
01:38 Professor Gabriele introduce the 18th Century recorders
04:37 PLAYING THE ORIGINAL RECORDERS!
06:04 The scanning and printing process
13:18 Comparing the different prints
15:05 How have my students been getting on? Solo
18:20 Playing in chamber music
19:06 Are 3D printed recorders going to handmade wooden ones?
20:30 Conclusion and bye!


// INSTRUMENTS
Original 18th century:
Jacob Denner alto in ivory
Paul Villars alto in ivory
Johann Wilhelm Oberländer in wood

3D Printed copies:
Copies of the Denner in ceramic resin, nylon powder, and nylon enriched with glass

Modern recorder for comparison: the resin alto by Vincent Bernolin

// LINKS

The Royal College of Music https://www.rcm.ac.uk
The Museum at RCM https://www.rcm.ac.uk/museum/
3D Printed Musical Instruments research page https://www.rcm.ac.uk/research/projec...