One of the biggest challenges in guitar-making is consistency: even though two guitars are
made of the same tree, with the same geometry and manufactured with exactly the same …

Featured Application The use of mechanical metamaterials in musical instruments could be
an excellent way to engineer the wood of the instrument to obtain a particular sound …

Wood is a natural composite, having a porous structure, with a complex elastic symmetry
specific to orthotropic solid, influenced by three mutually perpendicular planes of elastic …

Choosing or designing materials for stringed instruments soundboards is an issue that
garnered the attention of luthiers and scientists for a long time, leading to the definition of …

The sound of practically all traditional musical instruments is unique and depends on the
collective behavior of various vibrators, each one with their own acoustic and mechanical …

The evolution of musical instrument manufacturing has prompted a quest for innovative
materials beyond traditional wood. This review explores the utilization of composite …

A finite element model of a bare top plate with braces and a bridge plate was created using
orthotropic material properties. The natural variation of the wood properties including …

Each acoustic instrument is one of a kind. Its unique acoustic properties are transferred from
the physical characteristics of its source materials and a handcrafted touch. In contrast …

This paper presents a case study of research leading to a significant innovation in the
acoustic guitar sector (1). The acoustic guitar is a result of centuries of design and …

The variety of wood-based products is huge; some are produced and marketed in large
volumes while others are for a very specific use and therefore also often only produced in …