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    Spectral analysis of musical sounds with emphasis on the piano / David M. Koenig ; with comments by Delwin D. Fandrich.

    By: Koenig, David M [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 378 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198722908Subject(s): Music -- Acoustics and physics | Piano music -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Spectrum analysis | Sound-waves -- Scattering | Music -- Acoustics and physics | Piano music | Sound-waves -- Scattering | Spectrum analysis | 1900-1999Genre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Spectral analysis of musical sounds with emphasis on the piano.DDC classification: 786.209/04 LOC classification: ML3807 | .K64 2015
    Contents:
    An introduction to some elementary waves -- The basic tools of spectral analysis -- Analysis of several common musical sounds -- Harmonics in musical sounds -- The vibrating string -- The vibrating bar -- The vibrating membrane -- The vibrating plate -- An introduction to pianos -- Some individual piano notes and their interactions -- The missing fundamental -- Octave stretching, inharmonicity, and the Railsback Curve -- Beating, unisons, and tuning -- Two-dimensional graphical metrics -- Three-dimensional graphical metrics -- An investigation into hammer knock and key striking -- Evaluation of a Wapin bridge conversion -- Similarities between pianos and repeatability of data-gathering methods -- Two metrics applied to other instruments -- Use of the metrics in production and development -- Defining and understanding piano tone.
    Summary: This book addresses the analysis of musical sounds from the viewpoint of someone at the intersection among physicists, engineers, piano technicians, and musicians.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-376) and index.

    This book addresses the analysis of musical sounds from the viewpoint of someone at the intersection among physicists, engineers, piano technicians, and musicians.

    An introduction to some elementary waves -- The basic tools of spectral analysis -- Analysis of several common musical sounds -- Harmonics in musical sounds -- The vibrating string -- The vibrating bar -- The vibrating membrane -- The vibrating plate -- An introduction to pianos -- Some individual piano notes and their interactions -- The missing fundamental -- Octave stretching, inharmonicity, and the Railsback Curve -- Beating, unisons, and tuning -- Two-dimensional graphical metrics -- Three-dimensional graphical metrics -- An investigation into hammer knock and key striking -- Evaluation of a Wapin bridge conversion -- Similarities between pianos and repeatability of data-gathering methods -- Two metrics applied to other instruments -- Use of the metrics in production and development -- Defining and understanding piano tone.

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