On the oscillations of musical instruments.

(Michael E. McIntyre, Robert T. Schumacher, and James Woodhouse)


This review paper appeared in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 74, pages 1325-1345 (1983). Here is a reprint, copyright © 1983 American Acoustical Society (2.3 Mbyte).

An earlier review surveying the state of knowledge in 1978 appeared in Interdiscipl. Sci. Rev. vol. 3, pages 157-173 (1978): The acoustics of stringed musical instruments (copyright © 1978 Maney Publishing, 5.5 Mbyte).

Related publications and more recent work can be found via Professor Woodhouse's website.


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