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Oct 12, 2019

Clarinet Construction: Barrels, Part 4

After a few weeks of 3D printing new barrels with “correct” measurements (“correct”…

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Sep 13, 2019

Clarinet Construction: Barrels, Part 1

The clarinet is known for its incredibly beautiful sound quality. Brahms himself said that…

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Oct 26, 2019

Clarinet Construction: Barrels, Part 6

Today I was able to have one of the best clarinetists I know, a clarinetist named Jay, play test some of my barrels. Specifically, he played on the barrel I used in last weeks blog post (a barrel that will be referred to as “Barrel 1”), another barrel I had…

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Sep 20, 2019

Constructing Clarinets: Barrels, Part 2

When designing anything, it typically helps to think about how even basic things may go…

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Sep 6, 2019

Who am I?

Hey there! My name is Nicolas Kosanovic. I am a sophomore at UNLV that’s studying Mechanical Engineering. In addition to being a regular nerd, I also happen to be a gigantic music nerd! I play clarinet in several musical ensembles on campus, most notably the UNLV Marching Band and the UNLV Wind Orchestra.

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Oct 4, 2019

Clarinet Constructing: Barrels, Part 3

Another week passes, more barrels have been printed, and more frustration ensues.

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Oct 18, 2019

Clarinet Construction: Barrels, Part 5

Today, we had a massive breakthrough! We printed out one of our “finalized” designs for the…

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Sep 27, 2019

On the Sound and Design of Wind Instruments

Wind instruments have such an incredibly broad spectrum of sounds, and I think that’s what makes them extremely appealing to me. A clarinet player can play a nearly whatever pitch their heart desires, and then can play with an unbelievable number of…

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Nov 22, 2019

Printed Clarinet Usage: Marching Band

Tomorrow, I will bring a bunch of my Barrel 1 designs to tomorrow’s UNLV football game…

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Nov 22, 2019

Clarinet Construction: Complications, Part 1

When I began this project, I thought that I could just have a friend who was vastly better than me just play test every single part each week to show off the results of each variation in each new barrel. Obviously, this was a far-fetched idea as this…

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