Researchers at Harvard, Columbia University and MIT got interested in exploring the sounds that different metal objects emit when struck, opening up the possibility of computationally designing musical instruments such as a glockenspiel. The output of the algorithm is the blueprint of the instrument that can be 3D printed. The sound quality of these instruments is remarkably close to professionally manufactured instruments.
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The paper “Computational Design of Metallophone Contact Sounds” is available below. It also contains a comparison to a professionally manufactured instrument.
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