Grand Piano With Moving Parts 3D Printer Model

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License: CC BY
File formats: stl,3mf
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Summary

I love Larrym95's grand piano model, but the model is incomplete (no hinges, no wheels, etc.) and the designer isn't responding. So I took things in my own hands and revised the model to feature fully printed moving parts. I also made numerous improvements and fixes. The model is now nearly perfect. I also borrowed a piano bench from robertkyu.

Printing instruction:

The model should be printed in PLA in four colors: black keys, white keys, paint color (usually black or white, but you can be creative), silk copper, and wood color (you can also use food PLA but I'm not a big fan of the stringy brittle filament). A few parts should be printed multiple copies as indicated in the part names. I list the silk copper and wood color parts below; the rest are black, white and paint (either black or white or any color of your choice):

Wood color: sound board, bridge

Silk copper: brace, pedal rods, pedals, plates, wheels

I also include my printing layout files in 3MF for a black piano at 85% size for my Prusa i3 MK2S. There are two files for black, one for copper and one for wood. White is not included because there is only one part (white keys).

The case is the longest part at 289mm. If your printer bed is not large enough, you can scale everything down, but I highly recommend printing as large as possible. I printed at 85% limited by my 250mm bed. The printed hinges may become fused if you scale down too much. Layer height of 0.15mm or lower is recommended. If scaled down to 80% or below, 0.1mm layer height is recommended.

Most parts must be printed without support. The three exceptions are the case (for one horizontal board), the wheels (support everywhere) and the bench (support touching bed only). The case has two patches at the front to prevent peeling. Cut them clean after printing.

Assembly will take a bit of thinking. I included some pictures as guidelines. Glue is needed. I recommend shoe glue (E6000) over super glue because the super glue vapor may smoke your black part white. If this happens, a bit of body lotion or cream will remove the white mark.

In general, assemble in the following order: assemble the sound board, glue the sound board into the case, glue on the plate and brace onto the sound board, install the lid and key lid, assemble the keyboard, glue the bottom and keyboard, glue the bottom parts (legs, wheels, pedals, etc.), install the music rack.

Print & enjoy! BTW I'm open to commissions on making this model.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPW-cW88PAw

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black1.3mf 265.5KB
black2.3mf 338.0KB
bottom_back.stl 3.4KB
bottom_front.stl 3.2KB
brace.stl 36.5KB
bridge.stl 209.1KB
case.stl 155.0KB
copper.3mf 344.1KB
keys_black.stl 183.9KB
keys_white.stl 69.1KB
key_frame.stl 37.2KB
key_lid.stl 31.9KB
leg_x3.stl 54.4KB
lid.stl 221.4KB
lid_drop.stl 102.2KB
lid_rim.stl 684.0B
music_rack2.stl 78.5KB
music_rack3.stl 21.6KB
music_rack_1.stl 29.3KB
pedals.stl 47.2KB
pedal_bar_x2.stl 684.0B
pedal_base.stl 25.2KB
plate_1.stl 112.8KB
plate_2.stl 684.0B
sound_board.stl 224.8KB
wheel_x3.stl 160.9KB
wood.3mf 251.8KB