sock material for Tympani-Shoji project

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Has anyone tried making Japanese shoji screens out of Tympanies, or otherwise experimented with the type of decorative material that can be used as socks without noticeably impacting the sound quality?

I would like to make a pair of shoji-style screens out of a pair of Tympani 1-Ds, but I am concerned about the type of material I can use for the screens and what effect it might have on the sound.

I'm sure that paper (no matter how thin) is out as it would both restrict the volume of sound and be ruinous to the sound quality. But what about silk? I suspect that silk too would restrict the volume of sound passing through the silk. Has anyone ever experimented with, or researched, using silk as a sock or speaker grill cloth?

Are there any suitably decorative cloth materials that could be used without impacting the sound?

Has anyone tried building new frames for Tympanies? Is it doable? Is it doable by someone with less-than-professional carpentry skills and meager electronics skills? My wood-working is OK, and I can solder ... that's about it.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Doug

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Topic - sock material for Tympani-Shoji project - Doug_in_Virginia 10:25:33 06/30/14 (7)

RE: sock material for Tympani-Shoji project - john65b 10:36:18 07/01/14 (0)

RE: sock material for Tympani-Shoji project - kuribo 20:53:42 06/30/14 (0)

I would consider commisioning someone to paint an authentic Maggie (replacement) sock - Green Lantern 18:20:39 06/30/14 (1)

RE: I would consider commisioning someone to paint an authentic Maggie (replacement) sock - Green Lantern 08:10:12 07/03/14 (0)

No - sbrians 13:03:09 06/30/14 (2)

RE: No - blgtrio 13:49:59 06/30/14 (1)

Swimsuits - sbrians 14:52:54 06/30/14 (0)

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