Can you make a 3D-printed saxophone thats a fraction as heavy as a normal one but sounds, to the untrained ear, virtually the same? I mean, you probably couldnt, but luthier Olaf Diegel has done exactly that. Diegel took a break from making high-end 3D-printed guitars and tried his hand at the complex key structure of an alto saxophone, producing a prototype thats made almost entirely of printed plastic. It requires a bigger, better printer than most consumers will ever own, and Diegels still working on integrating 3D-printed springs instead of metal ones.
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