Racz, Elijah E.Hsu, Timothy Y.2023-03-242023-03-242021-03Racz, E.E., Hsu, T.Y. Experimental Design for Flexible Acoustic Transducer for the Violin. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on New Music Concepts, March 20-21, 2021.https://hdl.handle.net/1805/32065This paper explores an experimental design for a transducer which is able to conform to surfaces with curves in multiple directions. The purpose of this is to create a flexible transducer which reduces the distortion attributed and created by the lack of uniformity between a rigid flat transducer and a curved surface. Using an array of magnets arranged and a loose weaved coil, it is possible to construct a coil which can conform to such a surface and produce motion, like a classic transducer, creating sound using the surface like a speaker cone. In this musical application, this design was tested using a violin body as the curved surface. The resultant prototype may serve as a viable alternative to rigid transducer technology with further improvement and refinement.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalactuatornano-suctionmagnetismArticle