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Samo Sali was born in Kranj,
Slovenia in 1965. He finished secondary school Gimnazija Kranj
in 1984 and started to study at Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering, Ljubljana in 1985. In 1993 he defended his
diploma thesis about influence of cutting processes on the
acoustic properties of wooden resonant boards. In the same
year and at same institution he continued his career as a
researcher at the Department of Manufacturing Technologies.
Better understanding of guitar acoustics was supported with 9
classes of guitar at Music school Vic-Rudnik between
1988-1996.
In 1997 he successfully finished
his Master thesis where he defined a criterion for guitar
sound definition called "rule of consonance-dissonance" which
was also published in scientific literature. 2 years later
Samo Sali finished his Doctor thesis where he presented
algorithm for guitar sound optimization. Between 1999 and 2001
he was a head assistant at the Department of Technology
Management. In 2002 he left his position at Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering and started with guitar making in
cooperation with Croatian guitar maker Mr. Mirko Hotko. In
2005 the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia granted
him a status of independent guitar maker. Since then Samo Sali
develops and builds Sali guitars in his own
workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Selected
original scientific articles
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. The influence of different machining processes
on the acoustic properties of wooden resonant boards. CAS
j., 1998, vol. 3, no. 5, series II, p. 15-21.
[COBISS.SI-ID 2580507]
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KOPAC,
Janez, SALI, Samo. The frequency response of differently
machined wooden boards. J. Sound Vib., 1999, vol.
227, no. 2, p. 259-269. [COBISS.SI-ID 3439899]
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Measuring the quality of guitar tone. Exp.
mech., 2000, vol. 40, no. 3, p. 242-247. [COBISS.SI-ID
3843867]
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SALI, Samo.
Frequency response function of a guitar - a significant
peak. CAS j., 2002, Vol. 4, No. 6, series II, p.
31-36. [COBISS.SI-ID 5647131]
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KOPAC,
Janez, SALI, Samo. Wood : an important material in
manufacturing technology. J. mater. process. technol.
[Print ed.], 2003, Vol. 133, No. 1/2, p. 134-142.
[COBISS.SI-ID 5167899]
Selected technical articles
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Sound improvement of a guitar with
rule
of consonance-dissonance and addditional brace
trimming on a
soundboard. Bilten - Slov. muzikol. druš., 1997, Vol.
8, p. 17-23. [COBISS.SI-ID 2533915]
Popular articles
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SALI, Samo.
About a guitar - from a tree to a sound. Part 1. EPTA
bilt., 2001, No. 3, p. 87-89. [COBISS.SI-ID 4905499]
Selected published articles for a scientific conference
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Improvement of guitar sound by machining. V:
KATALINIC, Branko (ed.). Proceedings of the 8th
International DAAAM Symposium, 23-25th October 1997,
Dubrovnik, Croatia. Vienna: DAAAM International, 1997,
p. 293-294. [COBISS.SI-ID 2271259]
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. The influence of different machining processes
on the acoustic properties of wooden resonant board. V:
KEEFE, Douglas (ed.), ROSSING, Thomas (ed.), SCHMID, Charles
(ed.). ISMA '98, International Symposium on Musical
Acoustics 1998, Leavenworth, Washington, June 26 - July 1,
1998. Proceedings. Woodbury, NY: Acoustical Society
of America; Montclair, NJ: Catgut Acoustical Society,
[1998], p. 121-126. [COBISS.SI-ID 3727387]
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Modelling of frequency response function of a
guitar. V: KATALINIC, Branko (ed.). Annals of DAAAM for
2000 & Proceedings of the 11th International DAAAM symposium
"Intelligent Manufacturing & Automation: Man - Machine -
Nature", University of Rijeka, 19-21st October 2000,
Opatija, Croatia. Vienna: DAAAM International, 2000, p.
415-416. [COBISS.SI-ID 3990555]
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Measuring a frequency response of a guitar. V:
WICKS, Alfred L. (ed.), DEMICHELE, Dominick J. (ed.).
Proceedings of IMAC-XVIII: A Conference on Structural
Dynamics, San Antonio, Texas, February 7-10, 2000,
(Proceedings of the International Modal Analysis Conference
& Exhibit, 18). Bethel, Connecticut: SEM, 2000, vol. II, p.
1375-1379. [COBISS.SI-ID 3541019]
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Optimisation of guitar quality. V: CEBALO,
Roko (ed.), SCHULZ, Herbert (ed.). 7th International
Scientific Conference on Production Engineering, Lumbarda,
KorCula, Croatia, June 14-15, 2001. CIM 2001 : computer
integrated manufacturing and high speed machining.
Zagreb: Croatian Association of Production Engineering,
2001, p. VI-129 - VI-137. [COBISS.SI-ID 4416539]
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Brace trimming for tone improvement of a
guitar. V: WICKS, Alfred L. (ed.), SINGHAL, Raj (ed.).
Proceedings of IMAC-XIX: a Conference on Structural
Dynamics, Kissimmee, Florida, February 5-8, 2001,
(Proceedings of the International Modal Analysis Conference
& Exhibit, 19). Bethel, Connecticut: SEM, cop. 2001, vol. I,
p. 805-810. [COBISS.SI-ID 4185371]
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Positioning of braces on a guitar soundboard.
V: WICKS, Alfred L. (ed.), SINGHAL, Raj (ed.).
Proceedings of IMAC-XX: a Conference on Structural Dynamics,
Los Angeles, California, February 4-7, 2002,
(Proceedings of the International Modal Analysis Conference
& Exhibit, 20). Bethel, Connecticut: SEM, 2002, vol. 1, p.
709-715. [COBISS.SI-ID 4968731]
Selected published abstracts for a scientific conference
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SALI, Samo,
KOPAC, Janez. Optimisation of guitar quality. V: CIGLAR,
Damir (ed.). CIM 2001, 7th International Scientific
Conference on Production Engineering, Lumbarda, Korcula,
Croatia, June 14-15, 2001. Computer integrated
manufacturing and high speed machining : knjiga sazetaka.
[Zagreb]: Hrvatska udruga proizvodnog strojarstva, 2001, p.
VI-129. [COBISS.SI-ID 4413979]
Other articles
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SALI, Samo.
Algorithm for optimisation of the acoustic response of wood
: reports. Stroj. vestn., 2000, Vol. 46, No. 2, p.
136-141. [COBISS.SI-ID 3660315]
Diploma
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SALI, Samo.
Influence of cutting process on the acoustic properties of
wood, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ljubljana,
1993. [COBISS.SI-ID 1010971]
Master thesis
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SALI, Samo.
The influence of cutting on the acoustic properties of wood,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ljubljana, 1997.
[COBISS.SI-ID 1935131]
Doctor thesis
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SALI, Samo.
Algorithm for optimization of the acoustic response of wood,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ljubljana, 1999.
[COBISS.SI-ID 3350811]
Cited in
Selected lectures about classical guitar acoustics
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Guitar festival "Mörski festival kitare", Murska Sobota,
Slovenia, 2005
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Guitar festival "Mörski festival kitare", Murska Sobota,
Slovenia, 2006
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Guitar festival "Mörski festival kitare", Murska Sobota,
Slovenia, 2007
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Guitar festival "Festival kitare v Lipici", Lipica, Slovenia,
2007
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Guitar festival "Festival kitare Kras", Skocjan, Slovenia,
2008
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Croatian Society of Guitar Teachers "Hrvatska udruga
gitarskih pedagoga", Varazdin, Croatia, 2008
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Croatian Society of Guitar Teachers "Hrvatska udruga
gitarskih pedagoga", Varazdin, Croatia, 2009
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