Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for improving the acoustic properties of spruce resonance wood
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Application No.: US16065819Application Date: 2016-12-28
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Publication No.: US10388260B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Francis Schwarze , Markus Heeb , Marjan Gilani , Sebastien Josset
- Applicant: EMPA Eidgenoessische Materialpruefungs- und Forschungsanstalt
- Applicant Address: CH Duebendorf
- Assignee: EMPA Eidgenoessische Materiapruefungs- und Forschungsanstalt
- Current Assignee: EMPA Eidgenoessische Materiapruefungs- und Forschungsanstalt
- Current Assignee Address: CH Duebendorf
- Agency: Agris & Von Natzmer, LLP
- Agent Joyce Von Natzmer
- Priority: EP15203220 20151230; EP16164755 20160411
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/082761 WO 20161228
- International Announcement: WO2017/114856 WO 20170706
- Main IPC: G10D1/00
- IPC: G10D1/00

Abstract:
In a method for improving the acoustic properties of spruce resonance wood for musical instruments at least one resonance wood blank is subjected to a treatment with Physisporinus vitreus under controlled, sterile conditions. The previously sterilized resonance wood blank is immersed into a liquid medium enriched with fungus myecelium and kept therein in the dark for an exposure time and finally sterilized, wherein during the exposure time a temperature of 18 to 26° C. and a relative humidity of approximately 60 to approximately 80% are maintained. Due to the fact that the liquid medium contains nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) in an amount of 200 to 300 g per liter, a reproducible, uniform improvement of the acoustic properties of the resonance wood free from local defects is ensured.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190088235A1 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF SPRUCE RESONANCE WOOD Public/Granted day:2019-03-21
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