David Walker, director of Carroll Indoor Percussion, and Claire Casey
This year's CarrollbrIndoor Percussion show, FROM DUST, presented some interesting challenges. Partbrof the unique sound of the show is the darbouka drums that snare players use inbraddition to the snares. The challenge was attaching a darbouka drum to abrsnare drum in a way that is secure and makes both drums still playable. FROMbrDUST needed a specially designed bracket.
Sophomore snare player ClairebrCasey happens to love engineering, and it was her passion for music andbrengineering that solved the problem. With a specific need in mind, she designedbra solution and printed four prototypes to make adjustments, and then created abrfinal working version.
Carroll STEM Academybrprovided all the tools to pull this off.
Casey used the CADbrsoftware AutoDesk Inventor Pro to design her invention in the Carroll STEMbrAcademy engineering computer lab. She used the 3D printer, MakerBot Replicator+,brwhich is the latest/newest by MakerBot. The bracket takes approximately sixbrhours and 37 minutes to print, and it weighs 74 grams.
The estimated sellingbrprice of this product would be $40 to $50 if it were on the market. Sincebrthe drumline has four snares, this represented a significant cost savings tobrthe show. While $200 may not seem like much, it allowed the show to spend thebrmoney on other needed items for a successful season.