The Physics of Musical Instruments

Thomas D. Rossing

ISBN 10: 1441931201 / ISBN 13: 9781441931207

Published by Springer New York, Springer New York Dez 2010, 2010

About this Item

Neuware -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.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 780 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Physics of Musical Instruments
• Publisher: Springer New York, Springer New York Dez 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441931201
• ISBN 13: 9781441931207
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 42D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 42 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1162 grams

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Synopsis

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.

Review

"Essentially everything you have ever wanted to know about the physics of musical instruments" PHYSICS TODAY
"a rigor, graphical detail, and verbal description." AUDIO