21st century cello

[wtg]

A young engineering student in the US has turned a high-school experiment into a new business by blending 3D printing and modern materials to reinvent one of classical music’s most iconic instruments, the cello.

Elijah Lee, a biomedical engineering senior at Yale and co-founder of Forte3D, just secured a massive deal on Shark Tank after 3D-printing a cello using carbon fiber and polymer composites.

Lee’s innovative cello, which replaces traditional tonewood with high-performance composites while preserving sound quality, earned him a USD 250,000 investment from entrepreneur Lori Greiner for 16 percent equity on the show.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/300-year-old-cello-with-3d-printing?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

[Bernard]

I guess they're saying "reinvent" because of the 3D printing? Carbon composite cellos have been around for a while.

[wtg]

Here's their website.

https://forte3d.com/

Their YT channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@forte3d