
The Physics of Musical Instruments
Springer (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 19. June 1998
Book
Hardback
XX, 756 pages
978-0-387-98374-5 (ISBN)
Description
When we wrote the first edition of this book, we directed our presenta tion to the reader with a compelling interest in musical instruments who has "a reasonable grasp of physics and who is not frightened by a little mathematics." We are delighted to find how many such people there are. The opportunity afforded by the preparation of this second edition has allowed us to bring our discussion up to date by including those new insights that have arisen from the work of many dedicated researchers over the past decade. We have also taken the opportunity to revise our presentation of some aspects of the subject to make it more general and, we hope, more immediately accessible. We have, of course, corrected any errors that have come to our attention, and we express our thanks to those friends who pointed out such defects in the early printings of the first edition. We hope that this book will continue to serve as a guide, both to those undertaking research in the field and to those who simply have a deep interest in the subject. June 1991 N.H.F and T.D.R.
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"Essentially everything you have ever wanted to know about the physics of musical instruments" PHYSICS TODAY"a rigor, graphical detail, and verbal description." AUDIO
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Edition
Second Edition 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XX, 756 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
1323 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-98374-5 (9780387983745)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-21603-4
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Content
Part I: Vibrating Systems. Free and Forced Vibrations of Simple Systems. Continuous Systems in One Dimension: Strings and Bars. Two-Dimensional Systems: Membranes, Plates, and Shells. Coupled Vibrating Systems. Nonlinear Systems.- Part II: Sound Waves. Sound Waves in Air. Sound Radiation. Pipes, Horns, and Cavities.- Part III: String Instruments. Guitars and Lutes. Bowed String Instruments. Harps, Harpsicords, Clavicords, and Dulcimers. The Piano.- Part IV: Wind Instruments. Sound generation by Reed and Lip Vibrations. Lip-driven Brass Instruments. Woodwind Reed Instruments. Flutes and Flue Organ Pipes. Pipe Organs.- Part V: Percussion Instruments. Drums. Mallet Percussion Instruments. Cymbals, Gongs, Plates, and Steel Drums. Bells.- Part VI: Materials. Materials for Musical Instruments.- Name Index.- Subject Index.