EVALUATION OF RESIDUAL STRAINS ON ACOUSTIC QUALITY OF GUITAR

This paper aims to assess how the residual deformations of the guitar neck influence the quality of the musical instrument, knowing that wood is a material whose rheological behavior is influenced by many factors, including humidity, temperature, duration, intensity and how is applied the forces....

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Main Authors: Mariana Domnica STANCIU, Ioan CURTU, Calin POP, Dorin MAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov 2015-12-01
Series:Pro Ligno
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Online Access:http://www.proligno.ro/ro/articles/2015/4/Stanciu_evaluation_final.pdf
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Summary:This paper aims to assess how the residual deformations of the guitar neck influence the quality of the musical instrument, knowing that wood is a material whose rheological behavior is influenced by many factors, including humidity, temperature, duration, intensity and how is applied the forces. Thus, it were analyzed two types of classical guitar - standard, without deformations and the other type with deformations of the guitar neck. Were determined flatness deviations of the neck by measuring the distance between strings and fretboard, at 12th fret by means of standardize device. Subsequently, each type of guitar was tested acoustically, recording frequency and harmonics. In the case of guitar characterized by residual deformations, acoustic characteristics (octaves, harmonics, amplitude) were significantly altered due to strings length modifications.
ISSN:1841-4737
2069-7430