Shatron Surdină pentru Trompetă by Altempo Design Research Group

Shatron Surdină pentru Trompetă by Altempo Design Research Group is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Fier in Instrument Muzical Competition Category.

FierInstrument Muzical· 2020

Shatron Surdină pentru Trompetă

by Altempo Design Research Group

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

A' Design Award de Fier Winner in Instrument Muzical Category

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The Design

About Shatron Surdină pentru Trompetă

Shatron este o surdină modulară pentru trompetă. Surdina înmoaie și încălzește tonul, producând sunete mai puțin stridente în registrul înalt decât cele ale surdinelor metalice. Structura de susținere este realizată prin imprimare tridimensională dintr-un filament polimeric ranforsat cu fibră de carbon, care conferă rigiditate și durabilitate. Zece panouri din lemn cu densități diferite formează pereții, astfel încât sunetul poate fi ajustat în funcție de interpret. Lemnul provine din mici resturi de la producția de mobilier, care de obicei sunt aruncate. Forma urmează acoperișurile piramidale ale bisericilor rusești timpurii.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fier

Shatron Surdină pentru Trompetă a câștigat A' Design Award de Fier, o recunoaștere prestigioasă acordată designurilor bune care îndeplinesc cerințele profesionale și industriale așteptate de la creații bine concepute. Câștigătorii Fierului demonstrează mare pricepere, înaltă specializare, înțelegere de specialitate și capacitate creativă din partea creatorilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Shatron Surdină pentru Trompetă să fie o creație foarte apreciată, admirată și prețuită, practică și inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Fier integrează cele mai bune practici din industrie și are caracteristici tehnice competente îmbinate cu know-how și talent. Pentru acuratețea sa, Shatron Surdină pentru Trompetă merită respect și este conceput pentru a aduce îmbunătățiri ale calității vieții care ajută la facerea lumii un loc mai bun.

Behind the Design

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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)