TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koenig,David M.
TI  - Spectral analysis of musical sounds with emphasis on the piano
SN  - 9780198722908
AV  - ML3807 .K64 2015
U1  - 786.209/04 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Music
KW  - Acoustics and physics
KW  - Piano music
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Spectrum analysis
KW  - Sound-waves
KW  - Scattering
KW  - fast
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-376) and index; 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
N2  - This book addresses the analysis of musical sounds from the viewpoint of someone at the intersection among physicists, engineers, piano technicians, and musicians
ER  -