@AccordionBruce

it's carbon fiber. that makes it bulletproof/tactical *AND* a musical instrument, right? :)

@paul_ipv6 @AccordionBruce Carbon fiber is very NOT bullet proof.

edit: What you want is a Polycarbonate Accordious machine. Perhaps some kind of Lexane-based titanium frame.

@CatsofArrakis @paul_ipv6
I think you might not want to drop this accordion

But (if it didn’t cost €30,000) it’d be interesting to see some comparison tests

@CatsofArrakis @paul_ipv6
The aluminum standup bass I saw once dating to the Second World War on the other hand…

Used for touring USO bands, and as of 1999 or so fighting the powers in the buildup to the anti-WTO protests in Seattle 🪧 🐢

@CatsofArrakis @AccordionBruce

additional vibrating surfaces can do some interesting stuff.

lloyd loar was a mandolin player who helped the gibson company develop one of its most popular mandolin models, the f5. prior to that, he was involved in the virzi tone producer, a small spruce disk glued to the underside of violin and mandolin tops.

while it was supposed to produce more vibrations and a more complex tone, it also acted as an impedance load on the top. the result was a more directional sound, where more sound went out the front of the instrument, making the sound carry better in a concert hall.

https://www.gibson-prewar.com/virzi-tone-producer-lloyd-loar/

@paul_ipv6 @CatsofArrakis
Wasn’t the frying pan 🍳 electric guitar cast aluminum?

Could have been a different world. Are steel guitars still made that way?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frying_Pan_(guitar)