Place to rent a carbon fiber violin?
Hi all - does anyone know where I would be able to rent / borrow a carbon fiber violin, short term?
It's a bit involved if I try to explain the entire story, but td;lr, I'm a physics undergrad and I'm interested in conducting experiments on the physical properties of a composite violin, aka carbon fiber violin, for my senior project. Yes, I am a violinist too! My violin is made by a physicist (amazing, I know!), and he expressed interest toward helping. Right now, I'm just looking at options and scope for this project.
Thanks for your reply!
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Hi Wesley, my shop Bay Fine Strings has a Luis & Clark carbon fiber violin available for your project, I could certainly help you with that if you want to send me a PM or an email to bayfinestrings@gmail.com
I'm envious of your option for senior project.
Hi Dave, I'm currently in (Northern) California, and I would want to borrow it for three weeks-one month at max (during January).
Thomas, thank you! I'll send an email to you soon about this.
Steven, it's a perk of liberal arts colleges! (though I've heard other schools don't even have any sort of senior project)
Thanks everyone for your replies! -Wesley
When your experiment is done, can you share the details/results with us? :)
Wesley, I did my senior project up here in Canada on qualifying particle detectors(muon, in particular sTGC for ATLAS at CERN). My school specializes in particle and medical physics, and I cannot even suggest a project I'd like to work on, because all of the faculty members are already engaged in heavy research that they want to train new students on.
Fox - I'll be happy to! Gimme a few months on it though...
Steven - While I do find Muon production rather interesting, my only experience is with a classic scintillator...
Wesley, since you in Northern California, you might want to get in touch with Robert at Elixir Violins (http://elixirviolins.com), located near San Francisco. I purchased one of his carbon fiber violins a couple of years ago and because he is a builder, he might be able to provide an instrument along with some interesting perspectives on construction options.
Thanks for the link Dave! I wasn't aware of a small-time carbon fiber builder in N.CA
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October 5, 2016 at 04:15 PM · What part of the country are you located, and how long a time would you need to borrow it?