To this day almost all guitar makers worldwide primarily use tropical wood like palisander (Dalbergia spp.) for their manufacturing. Due to the current CITES regulation from January 2017 related to …
The modern nyckelharpa is a bowed string instrument with 4 melody strings 12 sympathetic (resonance) strings. Wooden keys with tangents are used to stop the strings, producing different tones. The …
Different parts of the guitar body are made of certain wood species, selected by their specific properties. The sound board, which is mainly made of spruce or cedar, transfers the …
Various studies in the past have dealt with the improvement of the acoustic properties of tonewoods. One promising approach has been the thermal modification of the raw material. In addition …
Due to various property changes such as low moisture sorption, reduced reaction to climatic variability or improved elastic properties different thermal treatment processes also offer its application in the field …
The thermal modification of wood is considered to be an environmentally friendly and cost-effective treatment process, which has been able to establish itself in many areas of application due to …
