Shatron Balbhan Trumpaid by Altempo Design Research Group

Shatron Balbhan Trumpaid by Altempo Design Research Group is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Ionnsramaidean Ciùil Competition Category.

IarannIonnsramaid Chiùil· 2020

Shatron Balbhan Trumpaid

by Altempo Design Research Group

Client: CIAUD - Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Ionnsramaid Chiùil Category

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The Design

About Shatron Balbhan Trumpaid

Is balbhan mòideulach a th' ann an Shatron airson an trumpaid. Bogaidh agus blàthaichidh am balbhan an tòn, a' toirt a-mach fuaimean nach eil cho sgreadach san reata àrd na fuaimean bhalbhanan meatailt. Thathar a' dèanamh an structair-taice le clò-bhualadh trì-thoiseachail le filameant polaimeireach air a neartachadh le snàithlean gualain, a bheir dèanadas rag agus mairsinneach dha. Tha deich pannal fiodha aig dùmhlachdan eadar-dhealaichte a' cruthachadh nam ballachan, is mar sin faodar am fuaim a ghleusadh a rèir an neach-cluiche. Tha am fiodh a' tighinn bho phìosan beaga còrr bho dhèanamh àirneis, pìosan a bhiodh mar as trice air an tilgeil air falbh. Tha an cumadh a' leantainn nam mullaichean pioramaideach a chithear air seann eaglaisean Ruiseanach tràth.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Tha Shatron Balbhan Trumpaid air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Shatron Balbhan Trumpaid na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air Shatron Balbhan Trumpaid airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Shatron is a modular trumpet mute system based on simple geometry. Shatron is a product of high musical performance joined to ecological responsibility, as it benefits from fine wood scraps used furniture production. Many wood industries lose material that, being too small, is neither recycled nor reused. As many of the best woods are dense, hard and widely used in the construction of musical instruments, these scraps can be an excellent opportunity to system designing in music field.
Dimensions & Packaging: The trumpet mute system is 150 mm high x 84 mm width and 80 grams. Although the chord has frequencies similar to those of straight metal mufflers, in high register, the sound is less strident. Shatron is a trumpet muted instrument able to produce softer and sweeter sounds than normal metal mutes, highlighting the prompt response and allowing the musician to produce easy passages without smudging. The possibility of configuring muting using different types of wood makes the product flexible even for the most demanding audience.
Tags: Musical Instruments, Design Networking, Trumpet Mutes, Brass instrument, Innovative Process
Production Technology: This trumpet mute system has a support structure produced by three dimensional printing technology using polymeric filaments reinforced with carbon fiber, which guarantees great rigidity. The walls of the structure are made of wooden sheets of different densities, guaranteeing the possible customisation of the sound and according to the needs of the trumpeter.
Design Challenge: Each Shatron trumpet mute system can be composed of different types of wood, depending on the type of sound the trumpeter wishes to achieve. The structure, created using the three dimensional printing technique, and the use of a polymeric filament, reinforced with carbon fiber allow to achieve an articulated and resistant structure. This research project aims to demonstrate that this type of mute system can be extended to other musical instruments of metal family.
Research: This trumpet mute is the result of a research project based on the reuse of productive wastes from the furniture industry.
This project also aims to demonstrate that territorial networks create information tracks and guarantee the flow of materials, technologies and processes of design driven innovation.
Inspiration: Shatron is an iconographic element from the early 14th century, widely used in religious architecture in the North of Russia. It is a geometric hipped roof with sharply pitched incline rising to the top to cover churches. Shatron's pyramidal geometry develops sound quality, reflecting and improving its uniformity. The structure is filled by ten wooden panels. As Pitagoras states having reached ten revert again to the unity. In addition, number ten refers to the Commandments of God.
Project Duration: The project was produced entirely in the north of Portugal. The structure was printed in the creative space, Double Concept Bar in Viana do Castelo. The small wooden panels were produced from remnants of furniture production produced by Paredes' Moveis Aja companies. Rui Pedro Silva of Atelier Rps Aveiro performed the acoustic configuration. For two years, several trumpeters, especially teachers and students of the Arteam Professional Music School of Alto Minho tested the prototypes. Finally, also Renderixphotos and Ponto de Vista Audiovisuais were involved.
Operation Flow: The trumpet mute system is a straight, the type of trumpet most used by trumpeters. The choice of wood offers a warm tone that is completely different from metal mute systems. The polymeric structure reinforced with carbon fiber offers more resistance and, therefore, greater durability.
Team Members: Ermanno Aparo: Designer, Liliana Soares: Designer, João Teixeira: Designer and Jorge Passos: Designer
Image Credits: Main Image: Photographer José Pedro Melo
Option image#1: Photographer José Pedro Melo
Option image#2: Photographer José Pedro Melo
Option image#3: Photographer José Pedro Melo
Option image#4: Photographer/Videomaker Flávio Cruz (Ponto de Vista Audiovisuais)
Video_Shatron: Photographer/Videomaker Flávio Cruz (Ponto de Vista Audiovisuais)