Violin with a graphite-epoxy top plate

Haines, Daniel W.; Chang, Nagyoung; Hutchins, Carleen M.

doi:10.1121/1.1995121

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“…The development of new materials has affected the manufacturing of musical instruments. One of the early studies using new materials was by Haines et al [2]. Bucur [3] has reviewed the use of composite materials for the manufacturing of musical instruments.…”

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Carbon fiber bouzouki design

Brezas,

Katsipis,

Orphanos

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023

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The scope of the study is the design and prototyping of a musical instrument made from carbon, specifically the bouzouki, which is traditionally manufactured by wood. The use of carbon fiber is expected to facilitate the manufacturing of such a musical instrument, independent of factors that affect wood in an often unpredictable or uncontrollable way, such as inhomogeneities and environmental conditions like humidity and temperature. This approach will also allow for a significant reduction of the production costs, benefiting the broader musical instrument community. We focus on the development of a prototype carbon fiber bouzouki, able to acoustically perform comparably to the traditional wooden bouzouki. It is expected that the results of the presented research will eventually lead to the manufacturing of a carbon fiber bouzouki ready for commercial exploitation, thus setting the basis for the design and manufacturing of other traditional musical instruments from carbon fiber.

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Carbon fiber bouzouki design

Brezas,

Katsipis,

Orphanos

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023

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“…The development of new materials has opened the way to the manufacturing of musical instruments from composite materials. One of the first studies in this field was by Haines et al; [1] concerning a violin with a top plate made of graphite-epoxy. An overview of manufacturing musical instruments using composite materials is reported in [2].…”

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An Integrated Method for the Vibroacoustic Evaluation of a Carbon Fiber Bouzouki

Brezas

Katsipis²,

Orphanos

et al. 2023

Applied Sciences

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An integrated method, which combines Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry, impulse response measurements, finite element method simulations, and psychoacoustic tests, is proposed to evaluate the vibroacoustic behavior of a carbon fiber bouzouki. Three of the carbon fiber instruments are manufactured, and one is qualified via interferometric experimental measurements with reference to a traditional wooden bouzouki, which was evaluated for its sound and playability by the proposed method. Psychoacoustic tests were used to evaluate the sound and playability of the newly qualified carbon fiber bouzouki, which was further modeled by the finite element method and simulated. The simulation results agreed well with the experimental measurements. Furthermore, finite element simulation results of the qualified carbon fiber bouzouki were demonstrated with reference to the traditional wooden bouzouki experimental results, providing new findings crucial for the optimization of the manufacturing and the vibroacoustic behavior of the carbon fiber instrument. The proposed integrated method can be applied to a variety of carbon fiber stringed musical instruments.

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“…Several types of composite materials have been previously investigated for this application ranging from synthetic fibers such as carbon and fiberglass [2][3][4][5] to natural fibers such as bamboo and wood fibers. 6,7 A category of natural fibers that have not yet been considered are bast fibers.…”

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Application of natural fiber composites to musical instrument top plates

Phillips

Lessard

2011

Journal of Composite Materials

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A flax-reinforced sandwich structure suitable for replacing wood in the top plates of string musical instruments was developed. The mechanical properties of Sitka spruce, the most widely used wood species for this application, were taken as a benchmark when the new materials were developed. The materials were characterized by static and dynamic methods to determine the dynamic Young’s modulus, shear modulus, internal friction, and static mechanical properties. Based on the material characterization, a hand lay-up process with a two-part closed mold and internal pressure bladder was developed and six prototype ukuleles were manufactured. The results show that the flax-reinforced sandwich structure can successfully act as a top plate and that an efficient manufacturing process can be developed to produce monocoque string musical instruments out of composite materials.

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Violin with a graphite-epoxy top plate

Abstract: A 30-year experiment in the acoustical and musical development of violin-family instruments

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Carbon fiber bouzouki design

Carbon fiber bouzouki design

An Integrated Method for the Vibroacoustic Evaluation of a Carbon Fiber Bouzouki

Application of natural fiber composites to musical instrument top plates

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