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For a long time i am looking for a synthetic bamboo equivalent for acoustic properties.

But so far I've not found anything similar. I am thinking, what if I engrave bamboo like pattern on carbon fiber, will it produce similar acoustic?

Can any material/sound/chem engineer help me?

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I've worked with both materials, although not in acoustics; I don't think they'll ever sound alike. CF sounds "light" compared to bamboo, when thin, and dull when thick.

I think carbon fiber instruments sound interesting, just not a match for bamboo.

There would be the issue of cost when replicating the thickness of bamboo as well, I'd imagine?

Density of CF is 1743kg/m^3 and that of bamboo is 1160 kg/m^3.

Acrlyic, Nylon, Polycarbonate have similar density as Bamboo.

https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/people/publications/Flet...

> looking for a synthetic bamboo

Just curious, why?

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