Conservatory Koto

Conservatory Koto

Bring a warm, detailed thirteen-string koto to your music room, game or film. Long paulownia grain, rosewood endwork, cream movable bridges and an indigo woven cover give this original model a refined finish.

$1.99 includes both downloads and a commercial-use license.

Inside the model

• Hollow wooden body with two underside sound openings and low supports.
• Thirteen separate strings, arched bridge feet, string grooves, tuning posts, cord wraps and stitched cloth edging.
• Seven material families with embedded portable textures and editable source layers.
• A silent Hira tuning pluck study with fixed string endpoints and a final return to rest.

Formats and animation

The Blender download includes packed editable master, static runtime, animated runtime and material-layer files, plus local texture maps. The GLB download includes an animated GLB and a static USDZ. Preview images and import instructions are included in both downloads.

The pluck study contains 144 samples at 24 fps, with GLB timestamps from about 0.0417 to 6 seconds. All thirteen strings have transverse morph animation. Blender 5.2 and the supplied GLB were checked; renderer appearance and animation support vary.

This is an original visual construction study. Hira string order includes two D4 strings; the demonstrated choice is illustrative. Bridge placement is estimated rather than an acoustic setup. Audio, playable instruments, MIDI software, pitch-bend mechanics and hand or fingering instruction are not included.

Commercial license

Use and modify the assets in unlimited finished personal or commercial projects for one individual or organization, without attribution or per-project royalty. Standalone redistribution or resale of the source assets is prohibited. Read the included Conservatory Commercial Asset License for complete terms.

Original unbranded geometry with authored materials using AI-generated pigment sources; these are artistic finishes, not measured scans.