Method for improving the acoustic properties of spruce resonance wood

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PATENT NO 10388260
APP PUB NO 20190088235A1
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16065819

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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.

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EMPA EIDGENOESSISCHE MATERIALPRUEFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT9014 ST GALLEN

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Gilani, Marjan Duebendorf, CH 1 0
Heeb, Markus Zurich, CH 1 0
Josset, Sebastien Duebendorf, CH 6 58
Schwarze, Francis Niederteufen, CH 1 0

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