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This case report describes the fabrication and evaluation of a music splint for a professional trombonist with recurrent lower-lip pain while playing. A conventionally fabricated provisional splint was first provided, followed by a definitive splint designed using a digital workflow based on intraoral scanning and computer-aided design. Subjective outcomes were evaluated using a visual analog scale, and objective outcomes were assessed by psychoacoustic and rhythm analyses under multiple performance conditions. Both the provisional and the definitive splints reduced lip pain and improved playing comfort. After adjustment of the definitive splint, the expected dynamic patterns of loudness and sharpness were maintained, while rhythm stability was similar to that observed without a splint, suggesting no marked deterioration in the measured performance characteristics. 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