Stavanger Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Who's gonna be the first to make a transparent violin? http://www.fastcodesign.com/3058621/this-swedish-scientists-transparent-wood-could-transform-architecture/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antero Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Japanese have made a glass violin that actually plays and Menuhin used a transparent one for vibrato lessons. But they were not of transparent wood, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arglebargle Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Sorry, too late. I already made one. It's beautiful! Enjoy the pictures below. You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMartin Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Enjoy the pictures below. Love those transparent strings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Noon Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Nothing to see here, move along. Seems like a moderately expensive fiber-reinforced plastic, with the fiber being cellulose. Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arglebargle Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Love those transparent strings! Obviously I took the set-up down so you could better appreciate the violin in all it's glory. Obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnmasters Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Nothing to see here, move along. Seems like a moderately expensive fiber-reinforced plastic, with the fiber being cellulose. Meh. But how about index of refraction of the plastic? Wouldn't it be nice to know how to fine-tune the RI of varnish? or sealers? Here is a neat experiment I performed a long time ago.............. take all of your solvents and pour a little in each of a row of cups. Put a bit of spruce in each cup. When wet, the wood samples will show varying degrees of illumination of the grain. The most beautifully contrasted was a sample with xylene. This has a RI of close to 1.45, which is very close to the two RI's of cellulose. The one with water (RI about 1.3) is very uninteresting. Liquids I tried were turpentine spirit, water, danatured alcohol, mineral spirits, and maybe a couple others. Oil varnishes are usually less when fresh, but the RI may increase with polymerization, I don't know. You can buy assortments of Epoxies with varying RI when set up. They can actually be bought by RI at sites on the internet. I have heard that rosin oil is also close to 1.45, and others say this is a nice first coating, at least for looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavanger Posted May 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Sorry, too late. I already made one. It's beautiful! Enjoy the pictures below. You're welcome. violin_01.jpg I think you got the finger board angle wrong.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 I was more concerned about the nut. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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