Re: [Harp-L] Carbon Fiber Reeds, 3D printing, plastic metal adhesion technology...?

[Mustafa Umut Sarac <mustafaumutsarac@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mouth harp have similar problems compared to harp. Altai , Siberian Turks
uses truck spring steel to manufacture their harps. I learned that Nordic
archaeology revealed that vikings were using iron to steel transition range
steels ,%5 carbon or less. Softest steel possible.
ww2 mercedes trucks have the best steel in their suspensions.

Carbon is a fashion material , lots of people pay for carbon top classical
guitars and their loudness , non harmonic overtones creates headaches to
the listeners at concert hall.

Louder and thinner and ligther the soubdboard , worse the sound.

Carbon is good material for loud instruments but not funny to listen.

I researched also guitar picks , there are picks for hundreds of dollars
and best comes from international hunt banned sea turtle. Some universities
researched to protect them from the boat propeller accidents and made fiber
reinforced plastic turtles to calculate the propeller speed and the
strenght of the outer and ,most beatiful tone material , hardest layer.

They found polyester and glass fiber is the closest material to them
technically.

If you want to listen polyester glass fiber sound , listen ovation guitars
, you can find one from you tube where al di meola playing.

Ovation top is a hybrid with top wood veneer and bottom fiberglass.

If you needed to increase the weight , you can add zinc or steel
nanopowders.

Find a 3d modeling artist and pay for a 3d model of the comb. And he must
produce the stl and sla files.

Find a big 3d printing house website , find their online file loading page
, load the either files and computer will give you ABS and Epoxy print
price. If it is suitable for you , you can sell these parts with reeds and
cover as a finished piece.

You can even order your GRP reed mold out of epoxy from that site.

There are tons of ideas.

Mustafa Umut Sarac
Istanbul