I have been a member of this forum for quite some time. I have been pleased to some of my secrets and advice.
But more importantly I have also learned a great deal from you, the members of this forum and especially the EZ-Composite staff. Thanks to you all!
For the past 4 years I have been quietly developing a Carbon Fiber Violin based on the Classic Stradivarius model.Most of the materials used were purchased from the EZ-Composite site. The acoustical design of the violin was really the hardest thing to develop. At present I have sold 5 of these Violins, notably one to a player that toured with Carrie Underwood in her last North American Tour. They have been very well received by professional players.
I would like to invite all of you to take a look at these Violins on my recently launched website at  www.carbonfiberviolin.com     On the site I go into great detail about the construction methods I used and the development of the sound quality.
You may also enjoy the demos of the 4 and 5 string models played by the likes of Blue Grass legend Michael Cleveland. So be encouraged with your projects. And know that anything is possible with the right knowledge and carbon fiber of course.
Fred Gayford   

Very nice Fred!

It is nice to see something different from the typical car and plane parts.  Certainly the instruments are a true work of art and even better that they acoustically play as well as they look.


Warren Penalver
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant

Thanks Warren I appreciate that. I also do the plane and car stuff. The hard part about making the Violin was that it needed to look right and be structurally strong like anything we make out of carbon fiber, but it also needed to do something on its own. It needed to sound good and perform up to the standards expected by top professional players.
Fred 

Some very good work there fred, im especially interested in the work you done to creat the correct tone compared with wood as i have a possible project with a speaker compnay that want to build carbon speaker cabinets. As you know wood is the ideal material for this job but ive been looking at adding rubber into the laminate to aid the acoustic properties.
Have you looked at that at all?

Thanks Scott
No I haven't looked into this. I don't know if this helps and you may already know this. The thicker the carbon fiber plate the more it will pass the high frequencies. The thinner the more it will pass the lower frequencies. The rubber idea seems like a good idea to try.
Fred