In this July 17, 2014 photo, Dr. Robert Howe, a medical doctor and a PhD candidate in music history, plays an antique recorder that was repaired using a 3D printing of the instrument’s original bell, at the University of Connecticut’s Depot Campus in Mansfield, Conn.
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Howe and his colleagues have been using CT scans and 3D printing to unlock the secrets of antique instruments and make replica parts that will allow them to be played. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
In this July 17, 2014 photo, Sina Shahbazmohamadi, an engineer and the University of Connecticut’s director for advanced 3D imaging, looks at a CT scan at UConn’s Depot Campus in Mansfield, Conn., showing a mouthpiece for a 19th-century saxophone built by inventor Adolphe Sax. Researchers at the school are using CT scanning and 3D printing to study and reproduce antique musical instruments. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
An original mouthpiece for a 19th-century saxophone built by Adolphe Sax, second from top left, sits among 3D copies on at the University of Connecticut’s Depot campus in Mansfiled, Conn.
In this July 17, 2014 photo, Dr. Robert Howe, a medical doctor and a PhD candidate in music history, displays antique English horns at the University of Connecticut’s Depot Campus in Mansfield, Conn.
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