Candidates

Designs we've found but haven't fully reviewed yet. They look promising, but we haven't checked their licences, files and instructions the way we do for the main library, so read the creator's page before you start. Some will move into the library once we've had a proper look.

Looking for projects we know are unfinished or unproven? See the Incomplete list.

141 candidates

Instruments

3D-printed 63

Woodwinds

Strings

Brass

Percussion

Double reed

Lip-reed (brass family)

Folk & world

Novelty

Electronic

  • Pocket Organ ↗by Thomas Tempé

    A pocket-sized MIDI keyboard and synth with a printed case and Hall-effect keys. Still a prototype, and its PCB isn't practical to hand-solder.

    ▶ Video ↗

Mechanical

Other DIY 49

Woodwinds

Strings

Percussion

Folk & world

  • $20 Hurdy Gurdy ↗by Dennis Havlena

    An all-wood hurdy-gurdy for under $20 that the author played for the public at a historic fort; the only non-printed gurdy option. Plain-http site, so your browser may say "not secure".

  • Kantele ↗by Olli Niemitalo

    Woodworking build log of a finished, played modern kantele; not a step-by-step plan, and no licence stated.

Novelty

Electronic

Accessories

3D-printed 23

Double reed

Woodwinds

Strings

Percussion

General

Other DIY 6

Strings

  • Funbox ↗by GuitarML (Keith Bloemer)

    Open-source digital pedal platform (MIT) with KiCad files, gerbers and firmware; about $120–150 in parts. The Medium build guide didn't load when we checked.

    ▶ Video ↗
  • Guitar Fuzz Pedal ↗by Ken_Tentacles

    A simple fuzz pedal in 7 steps, released into the public domain.

General

Know a design that belongs here, or one we should look at first? Tell us on the Wanted page. Unfinished or unproven projects are on the Incomplete list.