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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2007/10
From: philfrei@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Re: Plastic reeds
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:46:41 -0400
Hi -
I was asked about carbon fiber as a material for making reeds.
I really don't know if it could be made to work or not. I suspect that
it is too brittle to vibrate in the musical frequencies, if one makes
it thin enough so that a force as weak as our breath can set it into
motion.
Then again, arundo donax is carbon-based fiber. Maybe someone with more
physics or materials engineering expertise can give a definitive answer.
- Phil Freihofner
Albany, CA
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