https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2014/02/carbon-fibre-musical-interlude/ Bleak Theology: Hopeful Science Sun, 30 Apr 2017 06:15:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.4 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2014/02/carbon-fibre-musical-interlude/comment-page-1/#comment-3298 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:36:00 +0000 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/?p=3636#comment-3298 Intriguing!
Tradition is great, but innovation does happen; one can create better materials for musical instruments today.
Take bagpipes, for instance – an instrument I can play (used to; haven’t in two decades, but intend to return to it sometime).
For centuries, the leather bag was the standard.
In the late 20th century, someone developed a Gore-Tex bag.
It’s better, that’s all there is to it. More durable, breathable but retains some moisture, airtight. Will last a long time. Doesn’t need ‘seasoning’, as leather bags do.
Purists will say ‘that’s not the real thing’, but it works as well if not better; it is the real thing, it’s just different.

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