Wanted: designs nobody has made (yet)
We went looking for these and couldn't find a free, openly licensed design for any of them. If you can model one, the community would love it. Musicians who can test fit and playability are just as welcome as CAD designers.
- Double reed
Bassoon stand, rack or floor peg
There's no free design yet. The only dedicated bassoon stand we found is a paid model. The closest free parts are the TPU peg-cup adapters for K&M 150/1 and Hercules DS561B stands.
- Double reed
Bocal case
Something slim and protective to carry two or three bocals safely. We haven't found a free bocal case or bocal holder anywhere.
- Double reed
Bassoon forming mandrel
A free mandrel for forming bassoon reed tubes. Oboe and English horn mini-mandrels exist, but there isn't one for bassoon yet.
- Double reed
Bassoon tip profiler
Nothing free yet for profiling bassoon reed tips. There's also no bassoon plaque; the only free plaque is for oboe.
- Double reed
Fox-2-style bassoon shaper
The library has a flat shaper modelled on a Fox #2. A free, fuller shaper with the proper curved shaper form, plus Rieger, Jensen or Herzberg styles, would be very welcome. The ones we found are paid.
- Double reed
Modern keyed German-system bassoon
There are printable bassoons, fagottini and a rackett, but nothing yet for a modern Heckel-system bassoon with full keywork.
- Woodwinds
Keyed clarinet, saxophone and oboe
The printable clarinets, minisaxes and baroque oboes we found have few keys or none. A fully keyed modern clarinet, sax or oboe is still missing.
- Strings
Viola
Violins (Hovalin), cellos and basses can be printed, but there's no free viola yet. Viola practice mutes already exist.
- Percussion
Xylophone
There's no free printable xylophone or other tuned mallet instrument in the list yet.
- Percussion
Handpan
There's a free handpan wall mount, but no free, playable printable handpan or hang drum.
- Novelty
Waterphone
No free printable waterphone (or a printed body for one) turned up in our search.
- Folk & world
Erhu
The library now has hurdy-gurdies, a nyckelharpa and a balalaika, but no free printable erhu or other Chinese bowed fiddle yet.
Also on the list
- Bassoon seat-strap hooks, harness parts, and hand rests other than crutches.
- A stand-mounted valve-oil holder. So far there's only a replacement bottle cap.
How to contribute
- Publish your design on Printables, Thingiverse, MakerWorld or your own site, under an open licence. CC BY or CC BY-SA lets other people sell prints and remix it; CC0 puts it in the public domain.
- Add print settings, materials and a photo of a finished part, and note which instruments you tested it on.
- Let us know and we'll add it to the library. A contact address is coming soon.
Found something we missed? Checked on 20 October 2026. MakerWorld and Cults3D block automated search, so our coverage of those sites isn't complete. If a free design already exists, tell us and we'll add it.