Novel Designer Plastic Trumpet Bells for Brass Instruments

It is proposed that by using computing analysis software and 3D fabrication techniques, low cost plastic trumpet bells could be produced for different music genres by altering their timbres. These may be attached to the trumpet in a similar manner to that of a tuning bell trumpet. The novel bells are designed to eliminate or enhance particular harmonics to change their brightness by altering the thickness of material, thus altering the impact of the vibrations to the sound column within it. This initial paper focuses on a comparison between the natural resonances of a current trumpet brass bell and various modified plastic bells using simulation software. Various designs are presented that show the resulting changes of the resonance harmonic mode frequencies and deformation amplitudes for Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) can be shifted toward that of brass depending on the thickness of the material thus paving the way for designed plastic trumpet bells with similar tones.

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David Gibson

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Publication date: July 2016

Publication date (Print): July 2016

Pages: 10-14

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[1 ] Birmingham City University

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

Millennium Point, Curzon St, Birmingham, B4 7XG, United Kingdom

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.3

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 12 - 14 July 2016

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[1] J. M. BuickJ. KempD. B. SharpM. van WalstijnD. M. CampbellR. A. Smith 2002 Distinguishing between similar tubular objects using pulse reflectometry: a study of trumpet and cornet leadpipes Measurement Science Technology, 13 pp 750 757

[2] W. KauselD. W.. ZietlowT. Moore 2010 Influence of wall vibrations on the sound of brass wind instruments Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 128 3161 3174

[3] W. KauselV. ChatziioannouT. MooreB. R. GorrmanM. Rokni 2015 Axial vibrations of brass wind instrument bells and their acoustical influence: Theory and simulations Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 137 3149 3162

[4] LtDan ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:662115">http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:662115 18 March 2016

[5] T. MooreE. T. ShirleyI. E. CodreyA. E. Daniels 2005 The effects of bell vibrations on the sound of the modern trumpet Acta Acustica united with Acustica 91 578 589

[6] T. MooreB. R. GorrmanM. RokniW. KauselV. Chatziioannou 2015 Axial vibrations of brass wind instrument bells and their acoustical influence: Experiments Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 138 1233 1240

[7] G. NachtmannW. KauselA. Mayer 2007 Bell vibrations and radiated sound of brass instruments - Is there an audible correlation? 3^rdCongress of the Alps Adira Acoustics Association Graz, Austria 27-28 September 2007

[8] R. W. Pyle 1997 How brass instruments are built: Art, craft, perhaps even science Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 101 3056

[9] R. O. Schilke ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http:/www.dallasmusic.org/schilke/Brass%20Clinic.html">http:/www.dallasmusic.org/schilke/Brass%20Clinic.html 21 March 2016

[10] R.A. Smith 1978 Recent developments in trumpet design International Trumpet Guild Journal 3 1 8

[11] R. A. Smith 1986 The effect of material in brass instruments; a review Proceedings of The Institute of Acoustics 8 Part 1 91 96

[12] A. Zoran 2011 The 3D Printed Flute: Digital Fabrication and Design of Musical Instruments Journal of New Music Research 40 4 379 387

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