Comments on: The Fallibility of Carbon Fiber Bows http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/the-fallibility-of-carbon-fiber-bows/ ...for educators, bassists, enthusiasts, & parents - information on teaching, playing, learning, maintenance, technique, construction, and more. Fri, 11 May 2012 01:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Strough http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/the-fallibility-of-carbon-fiber-bows/comment-page-1/#comment-4982 Chris Strough Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:43:35 +0000 http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/?p=1610#comment-4982 I've seen some of the Luis and Clark's... I figure I'll offer about 1/10th of the quality at 1/2 the price with mine... I’ve seen some of the Luis and Clark’s… I figure I’ll offer about 1/10th of the quality at 1/2 the price with mine…

]]> By: Admin http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/the-fallibility-of-carbon-fiber-bows/comment-page-1/#comment-4665 Admin Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:46:52 +0000 http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/?p=1610#comment-4665 Excellent observation. I've heard and always had great experiences with carbon fiber. EXCEPT a good pernambuco bow always sounds better - to me anyway. Have you seen these instruments? http://www.luisandclark.com/ Excellent observation. I’ve heard and always had great experiences with carbon fiber. EXCEPT a good pernambuco bow always sounds better – to me anyway.

Have you seen these instruments?

http://www.luisandclark.com/

]]> By: Chris Strough http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/the-fallibility-of-carbon-fiber-bows/comment-page-1/#comment-4657 Chris Strough Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:12:59 +0000 http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/?p=1610#comment-4657 I'm no carbon fiber expert (although I've been looking into it for a while, and have at least a bit of experience with some car and mountain bike parts) but that doesn't look like a very well designed bow, at least from a structural stand point... The correct layout process (and cause of strength) with carbon fiber is to wrap it in opposing directions in many thin layers... This causes the "grain" of each layer to work in opposition to the ones surrounding it, giving it some massive resilience... On inspection of your photos it appears that this company veneered a single layer of the material over a stick. Any flaws, or air bubbles in the core material would most definitely overcome the strength of that outer layer over time... I could only hope that the "higher end" versions of this use the correct manufacturing process, and take advantage of the materials true strength... And, since I've been looking into building an instrument with carbon fiber at some point, this has led me to think I may need to spend a little more time in the "drawing board" stage as the pressure from the strings is just a BIT more than that of the horsehair in the bow... Thanks for the pics! I’m no carbon fiber expert (although I’ve been looking into it for a while, and have at least a bit of experience with some car and mountain bike parts) but that doesn’t look like a very well designed bow, at least from a structural stand point…

The correct layout process (and cause of strength) with carbon fiber is to wrap it in opposing directions in many thin layers… This causes the “grain” of each layer to work in opposition to the ones surrounding it, giving it some massive resilience…

On inspection of your photos it appears that this company veneered a single layer of the material over a stick. Any flaws, or air bubbles in the core material would most definitely overcome the strength of that outer layer over time…

I could only hope that the “higher end” versions of this use the correct manufacturing process, and take advantage of the materials true strength…

And, since I’ve been looking into building an instrument with carbon fiber at some point, this has led me to think I may need to spend a little more time in the “drawing board” stage as the pressure from the strings is just a BIT more than that of the horsehair in the bow…

Thanks for the pics!

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