Dear Paul,

There is a company called Bowers and Wilkins. They are specialized in making
very high tech speakers. Their incredibly expensive highest  end speakers
are nautilius shaped!

I think visiting their site and contacting them might be useful for your
project.

http://www.bwspeakers.com

http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.models/Label/Model%20Nautilus

Best regards,

Cuneyt Birol
Ankara/Turkey




>From: Paul Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: transverse view of conch or nautilus
>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:32:55 -0600
>
>Dear CONCH-L members,
>I wonder if anyone might be able to help with the interior morphology of
>conch or nautilus shells.
>As part of a multi-media presentation of a chapter from my novel, I
>would like to have the 17th-century Mexican polymath Sor Juana Ines de
>la Cruz presenting a musical demonstration on the conch shell trumpet
>used by prehispanic Mexicans.
>
>I am looking for any of the following
>
>    * an illustration that might help demonstrate how the morphology of
>      the shell helps propagate or amplify sound
>    * a cross-section not along the long axis of the shell, but rather a
>      lateral cut -- looking into the cone, towads the apex, or pointed
>      end, of the shell
>    * a cross-cut, not at right angles, but rather slanting in such a
>      way that the cross-section is not circular but elliptical
>    * any illustrations of spiral shells made by early modern artists
>      and scientists such as Leonardo
>
>As a non-specialist, I would be very grateful for any help you might be
>able to offer.
>cheers,
>Paul Anderson
>
>*****************************************************
>Paul Anderson, Hunger's Brides. Random House of Canada (2004).
>Based on the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in 17th-century Mexico.
>
>To pre-order the book:
>http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/0679310886/reviews/ref=cm_rev_more_2/701-6086858-1493150
>
>

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