Tuneable composite

Tuneable composite Yes, this is not wood and why should we use an acoustically absorbing material for a musical instrument? New materials are being used more and more, Still, most make no creative use of these highly flexible materials, using standard tech, initially developed with no connection to acoustics. We use carbon for stiffness, but add others to the mix for tone. It’s called "tuneable", because we can also alter the tone. And we did refine ours within the last more than 20 years of building. (Left is a raster electron image of some carbon fibers, 100µm + 10µm scale).