Print2Play started with a simple, frustrating fact: a lot of music programs stall out before they start, because nobody has an instrument to hand a kid. So we started printing them.
We're a small, volunteer-run nonprofit based in Sarasota. We run instrument files on our own 3D printers, sand and assemble every part by hand, and then bring the finished instruments straight into workshops with kids who wouldn't otherwise have access to one.
Every instrument we print — guiro, drum, ocarina, recorder, maracas, or violin — is built to actually be played, not just handled. Tuning, stringing, and finishing all happen after the printer stops, by hand, before an instrument ever reaches a kid.
Traditional instruments are expensive and slow to source in bulk. A 3D printer lets us make a whole classroom set of ocarinas for a fraction of what buying that many store-bought instruments would cost.
Filament is cheap. A finished, hand-tuned instrument is not free to make — every print takes hours, and every instrument gets assembled, sanded, and checked before it's playable — but it's within reach for a nonprofit running on donations, instead of a program that has to buy instruments retail.
That's also why our costs are almost entirely material: filament, strings, hardware. Very little goes anywhere else.
Print2Play is run by a small team of student volunteers who print, assemble, and teach — the same people who wire the printers on a Tuesday are the ones leading a workshop table on a Saturday.
Founder & CEO
A pianist and aspiring engineer and physician, Jack founded Print2Play to expand access to music education, inspired by the guitar teacher who visited his fourth-grade class and introduced him to music through homemade cookie-box guitars. When he’s not leading music workshops in Sarasota, you can find him running cross-country, conducting microbiology research, or browsing Alibaba to find parts for his latest project.
Founder & Acclaimed Violinist
Jeremy is an All-State Violinist, associate concertmaster in the Sarasota Youth Orchestra, and aspiring physician. Jeremy founded Print2Play. When he’s not leading a music workshop or providing violin instruction, you can find Jeremy teaching students about healthcare, volunteering at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, or training his obliques at the gym.
We're entirely volunteer-run, so almost everything we raise goes straight into filament, strings, and hardware for the next workshop.
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