Fidular Modular Fiddle

Fidular Modular Fiddle
by Lamtharn Hantrakul

• Awarded April 15, 2017
• CLIENT: Lamtharn Hantrakul
• 12.503

Fidular fuses modern acoustics and digital fabrication with traditional craftsmanship, enabling instant disassembly and interchangeability of chamber and shafts across different fiddles from Asia to the Middle East. The design manifests a vision of culture aware technology, the convergence of future and traditional technologies, engineered for cross cultural fluidity. Inspired by an apprenticeship, Fidular functions with traditional and novel digitally-fabricated chambers, allowing players to customize timbre by mixing and matching components from various traditions on-the-fly.