List, Del & Sarah Carbon fiber is being used to make cellos-----> www.qstrings.com Could this be adapted for soundboards? Brooks Weisman RPT Arcata & Napa, CA brooksw@jps.net > > > Has anyone ever played around with carbon fiber? That might behave a > bit > > > more like wood, yet without the problems associated with varying MC. > > > > Yes, but not as much as I'd like.... > > ???? > > It doesn't behave as much like as wood as you'd like, or it hasn't been > studied as much as you like??? > > I've seen discussions on this list about soundboards vs. boat hulls, > obviously from boating enthusiasts. It would seem that someone on this list > would be into both piano rebuilding and boat repair/manufacture -- someone > with experience with fiberglas hulls. Carbon fiber isn't conceptually that > much different from fiberglas, as I understand it, provided one can find the > requisite fiber and resin materials. Somebody really ought to try this out. > Imagine a synthetic soundboard with integral ribs and bridge. No more rib > or bridge separation. No more cracking around bridge pins. :-)
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