About the Full Size Working Trumpet
A full-size trumpet with working valves, measured from the designer's 50-year-old Selmer. The valve routes are modelled realistically. All the valve slides move, as do the bell bow and main tuning slide, so you can tune it. A Monette-style mouthpiece is included, and a standard trumpet mouthpiece also fits. The designer says it has been printed successfully several times.
The first video is the designer's walkthrough of the design. The second is a maker playing his print, by his own account as a non-trumpet player. The designer's mouthpiece test video is no longer available.
What you'll need
Printed parts
- Bell, leadpipe, valve casings and pistons, slides, mouthpiece
Bought parts
- Valve springs
- Valve oil
Tools
- Sandpaper and files for the valves
Videos
Play video: Full-size trumpet design for 3D printing (loads YouTube)
Play video: 3D-printed trumpet, first try by a non-trumpet player (loads YouTube)
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Photos
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