(Accademia Musicale Studio Musica (Italy), 2021-03) Racz, Elijah E.; Hsu, Timothy Y.; Music and Arts Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
This 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.