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.