Teacup Gongs

BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
These have been designed for easy printing, but there are certain settings and materials that must be taken into consideration.
Requirements:
Smooth (not pebbled) PEI sheet
500-1000g filament per note
3M mounting putty
Rubber mallets
Optionally, self-adhesive furniture pads (20-40mm or 1-1.5 in)

Cautionary notes: Your printer and slicer may make minute alterations. A well-calibrated printer is important (if you have a newer CoreXY model then it's probably been factory calibrated already). Additionally, there may be minute differences between brands and pigments with the PLA. When I print my notes, I try to use only Bambu Basic Red for consistency.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE NEW PITCHES BY SCALING THE INSTRUMENT IN THE SLICER unless you are prepared to use up some filament experimenting. The gongs are not scaled uniformly.

Step 1. Plating

The head and base (more like a lid, really) are matched per each note. They must be arranged on the plate with the flat side d