EVALUATION OF XILOPHONE MANUFACTURED WITH HEAT-MODIFIED BRAZILIAN WOOD SPECIE

Ricardo Teles

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Paper Title

EVALUATION OF XILOPHONE MANUFACTURED WITH HEAT-MODIFIED BRAZILIAN WOOD SPECIE

Authors

Ricardo Teles

Modality

Onsite-ePoster

Subject area

18.0. Art, Music & Science: General

Publishing Date

25/09/2025

Country of Publishing

Brazil | Brasil

Language of Publishing

en-US

Paper Page

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/international-congress-exposition-noise-control-engineering/1085857-evaluation-of-xilophone-manufactured-with-heat-modified-brazilian-wood-specie

ISBN

978-65-272-1573-8

Keywords

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, HEAT TREATMENT, PRODUCT DESIGN.

Summary

The present research aimed to develop products for the musical instruments market using wood modified through heat treatments. Initially, a survey of wood traditionally used in musical instruments, or their parts was carried out. Subsequently, bibliographic research about the wood modification treatments was produced to know the technical limits and their characteristics and to identify which of these can be applied in Brazilian woods, being then chosen as the technique of heat treatment with the application of temperatures of 160ºC and 200ºC carried out in laboratory ovens. From this, the musical instrument xylophone was chosen as a test product to evaluate the use of the chosen technique of modification for the roxinho wood (Peltogyne sp.). Thus, the musical instrument was designed and produced with untreated wood and treated with the mentioned temperatures and evaluated the mass loss, specific gravity, resonance frequency, sound propagation velocity and dynamic modulus of elasticity (MOEd). The results indicated that the treatment with the temperatures used increased the sound propagation velocity and the MOEd, even with the decrease in the apparent density. Thus, the use of temperature at 160ºC is indicated as a technological product that can increase the final quality of the musical instrument.

Title of the Event: Inter-Noise 2025
City of the Event: São Paulo
Title of the Proceedings of the event: Proceedings of the 54th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering
Name of the Publisher: Even3
Means of Dissemination: Meio Digital

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TELES, Ricardo. EVALUATION OF XILOPHONE MANUFACTURED WITH HEAT-MODIFIED BRAZILIAN WOOD SPECIE.. In: Proceedings of the 54th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering. Anais...Sao Paulo(SP) WTC Events Center, 2025. Available in: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/international-congress-exposition-noise-control-engineering/1085857-EVALUATION-OF-XILOPHONE-MANUFACTURED-WITH-HEAT-MODIFIED-BRAZILIAN-WOOD-SPECIE. Access in: 04/04/2026