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Bamboo musical instruments take spotlight in DOST-FPRDI’s latest R&D program
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More than a century ago, a bamboo band in Malabon played an important role in the 1896 revolution. At a time when the use of the bolo was banned, Malabon Musikong Bumbong helped the Katipunan by hauling and sneaking away their weapons. It also played the revolutionary songs “Alerta Katipunan” and “Veteranos dela Revolucion.”
Three generations after, Ret. Col. Gilbert Ramos — great grandson of Felix Ramos, one of the founders of Malabon Musikong Bumbong — continued the legacy not only by playing but by crafting bamboo musical instruments (BMI) as well. The band is now known as Musikawayan and continues to make music beyond Malabon.
This year, the DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) started the Bamboo Musical Instruments Innovation R&D Program to improve the quality of locally-made BMI.
Camsur briquetting firm sees steady growth
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Mr. Ricardo Albino, a former OFW and a resident of Brgy. Tarusanan, Milaor, Camarines Sur, has a lot to smile about these days. For two months, he has seen the steady growth of his charcoal briquetting firm, Guibo Enterprises.
Albino started making charcoal briquettes after attending a training conducted by technology experts from the DOST - Forest Products Research and Development Institute in November 2015. The event was organized by the Camarines Sur Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC).
DOST-FPRDI conducts workshop on furniture testing
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The DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently conducted a one- day workshop on Furniture Testing with 22 participants from Southgate Limited, a foreign-owned furniture buyer in the Philippines. The workshop aimed to familiarize Southgate’s quality control personnel with furniture tests following quality protocols to improve their internal laboratory testing.
Engr. Victor G. Revilleza, Technical Manager of the FPRDI Furniture Testing Center (FFTC) led the workshop, while Engrs. Alvin F. Vardeleon and Edward Paul S. Marasigan, laboratory analysts, demonstrated how the machines work. They also demonstrated performance testing of chairs and tables, which include static, fatigue, impact and stability test.
