• RecordNumber
    3671
  • Author

    O’Neil, Cathleen

  • Crop_Body
    Cathleen O’Neil
  • Title of Article

    A Musical Polyhedron updat‎ed for the 21st Century

  • Title Of Journal
    Bridges
  • Publication Year
    2016
  • Abstract
    In the 19th century August Möbius described a musical torus constructed on the chromatic scale illustrated with two-dimensional diagrams. In the 20th century A. Harry Wheeler realized Möbius’s concept in a three-dimensional model. With the availability of 3D printers at the beginning of the 21st century, the construction of this musical polyhedron can be reimagined. The flat-pattern models generated by the 3D model make the underlying geometry more accessible, and the new 3D model brings out sculptural qualities that were not as evident before.