Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-03-14 06:38
I always like videos comparing equipment.
You may find something here: Lars Kirmser, an instructor at Renton Tech with many years experience, recently posted on the subject of materials on the Professional Muscal Instrument Repair Group on Facebook (you have to be involved in repair to join). He had studied acoustics in some depth and said that the only thing that matters is bore shape, based on scientific consensus. I think he's a flutist, or does a lot of flute work, and as you probably know flutists are more particular about metals than saxophonists are about lacquer, so he was going very much against musical opinion. I think he took it down (maybe because he didn't want people got upset...), but he then posted a bunch of acoustics resources. I know he will not mind my sharing. I have no opinion except to point out that 3 "identical" barrels may have 3 different bores - especially if they are wood.
Lars Kirmser
Professional Musical Instrument Repair Technician
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· March 9 at 3:04 PM ·
Frequently, customers ask questions regarding their instruments involving musical acoustics, so, I have created a recommended reading list (Bibliography) on this topic. I have numbered those which I think are the best to start with starting with #1 - #6. If you are fairly new to this topic, the John Backus Book is ideal. The math involved is simple Algebra, no Calc. This is the course that many Universities use for the Acoustics for Musicians Courses. It will provide you with a very good understanding of the topic, and will help you avoid passing-on incorrect information to your clients.
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE ACOUSTICS OF MUSIC:
*1. Backus. John. (1969). The Acoustical Foundations of Music. W.W. NORTON & CO., INC. ISBN - 0 393 09834 6
*2. Benade, Arthur H. (1990). Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics. Dover Publications. ISBN - 9780486264844.
Campbell, Murray; Greated, Clive (1994-04-28). The Musician's Guide to Acoustics. OUP Oxford. ISBN - 9780191591679.
*Cremer, Lothar (1984). The Physics of the Violin. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 03102 7
*3. Fletcher, Neville H.; Rossing, Thomas 2ND EDITION (2010). The Physics of Musical Instruments. SPRINGER MEDIA INC. ISBN - 978 0 387 21603 4
Gibson, O. Lee. (1994). Clarinet Acoustics. Indiana Univ. Press. ISBN 0 253 32576 5
Helmholtz, Hermann L. F.; Ellis, Alexander J. (1885). "On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann L. F. Helmholtz". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 2019-11-04. * (A must-read to get a historical review of Acoustical Research)
*4. Hopkin, Bart (1996). Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for Instrument Design. See Sharp Press. ISBN - 978-1884365089.
*5. Hopkin, Bart (1999). Air Columns and Tone Holes: Principles for Wind Instrument Design.
Jansson, Erik. (2002). Acoustics for Violin and Guitar Makers. Kungl-Tekniska-Hogskolan.
Matthews, Augustus F. (1988). Violin Acoustics. Vantage Press. ISBN 0 533-07594 7
*6. Nederveen, C. J.(1998) Acoustical Aspects of Woodwind Instruments. No. Illinois Univ. Press. ISBN 0 87580 577 9
Rossing, Thomas, Editor. (2007). Springer Handbook of Musical Acoustics SPRINGER MEDIA INC. ISBN - 0 387 30425 0
Vigdorchik, Isaak. (1982). The Acoustical Systems of Violins of Stradivarius and Other Cremona Makers
If you have personal favorites you would like to recommend, please do so.
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RECOMMENDED EXTERNAL LINKS FOR THE ACOUSTICS OF MUSIC:
The Arthur H. Benade Archive
.. .. .. contains research files, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, and other material from the Benade estate. A. H. Benade (1925-1987) was a physicist whose work focused especially on the acoustics of woodwind and brass instruments. He excelled in both experiment and theory. The Acoustical Society of America awarded him its Silver Medal (for musical acoustics) and its Gold Medal (for overall excellence in acoustics). His entire career (1952-1987) was spent as a professor at Case Institute of Technology/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. List of Benade's writings on acoustics, both published (books, papers, and abstracts) and unpublished, including privately circulated papers, book chapters, outlines of talks, and slides made to illustrate lectures
BENADE Biography - https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/
Research Files - https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/
• Descriptions of files containing research data, measurements, calculations, and theory - https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/
• Correspondence - https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/
• Details of correspondence on acoustics-related subjects between Benade and scientists, engineers, musicians, and instrument makers - https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/
OTHER RECOMMENDED LINKS - GOOGLE FOR URL’s:
• Acoustics collection - descriptions, photos, and video clips of
the apparatus for research in musical acoustics by Prof.
Dayton Miller
• The Technical Committee on Musical Acoustics (TCMU) of the
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
• The Musical Acoustics Research Library (MARL)
• Acoustics Group/Acoustics and Music Technology courses -
University of Edinburgh
• Acoustics Research Group - Open University
• Savart Journal - The open access online journal of science and
technology of stringed musical instruments
• Curso de Acústica Musical (Spanish)
- Matthew Simington
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