The heat treatment of wood is an environmentally friendly method for wood protection. The progressive thermal degradation of the wood components at process-temperatures above 180°C leads to the reduction of …
The natural durability of wood refers to the resistance to attacks by wood-destroying organisms, e.g. fungi, insects and marine organisms. In this study the durability of thermally modified timber (TMT) …
Wood as a natural material contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like formaldehyde and carboxylic acids. For this reason, wood is not suitable for applications in contact with precious and heavy …
For instruments like Guitars or Violins, special tonewoods are required to achieve the desired sound. In order to determine the acoustic properties of such tonewoods, instrument makers and merchants of …
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 …
This research-project focused on the production and performance characterisation of thermally modified timber, especially used for applications in countries with tropical, subtropical or desert climatic zones (Middle East, Asia). In …
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 …
Until today, a variety of instruments are made of wood. Especially in the field of string instruments, wood is the material of choice, due to its good resonance qualities. The …
In museums the installation of wooden display cabinets is prohibited due to the VOC’s and their corrosive effects on metals -especially lead. Regularly all materials have to pass the obligatory …
