Images of research: Progress through partnership

The Shape of Sound

Category: Collaboration for impact

A graphic mock-up of a novel trumpet design with numerous previous designs in the background

This novel brass trumpet bell was produced using Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) – a digital process for manufacturing complex shapes in hard metal alloys, though rarely used for brass. Working with Taylor trumpets, Matthew Parker Trumpets and Pascoe Engineering, we are exploring advanced digital manufacturing techniques applied in a traditional setting, to create bespoke trumpet bell shapes andsounds that reflect the personality of the player.

Entrant: Andrew Wodehouse , Design, Manufacturing And Engineering Management

Copyright: Andrew Wodehouse

Funding: DTI Route to Impact

Collaborators: Daniele Marini, Taylor Trumpets

Links

Entrant profile: https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-wodehouse