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Handbook of materials for string musical instruments /
This book addresses core questions about the role of materials in general and of wood in particular in the construction of string instruments used in the modern symphony orchestra? violins, violas, cellos and basses. Further attention is given to materials for classical guitars, harps, harpsichords...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Switzerland :
Springer,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Background; 1.2 The Outline of the Book; References; 2 Description of String Instruments for Classical Music; 2.1 Evolution of String Instruments; 2.1.1 Short Historic Overview; 2.1.2 String Instruments and the Symphony Orchestra; 2.2 String Instruments as Art Objects; 2.2.1 Utility and Beauty, Inseparable Concepts for Baroque Musical Instrument Building; 2.2.2 Precious Materials for Baroque Musical Instruments; 2.3 Organologic Description of String Instruments of a Symphony Orchestra; 2.3.1 Geometry of String Musical Instruments.
- 2.3.1.1 About the Geometry of the Violin2.3.1.2 About the Geometry of the Classical Guitar; 2.3.1.3 About the Geometry of the Concert Harp; 2.3.1.4 About the Geometry of the Grand Piano; 2.3.2 Constitutive Parts of String Instrument; 2.3.2.1 Instruments of the Violin Family; 2.3.2.2 The Classical Guitar; 2.3.2.3 Concert Harp; 2.3.2.4 Grand Piano; 2.3.2.5 Modern Harpsichord; 2.4 Craftsman's Technology for Construction of String Instruments; 2.4.1 Technology for the Manufacture of Instruments of the Violin Family; 2.4.2 Technology for Manufacturing a Concert Classical Guitar.
- 2.4.3 Technology for the Concert Harp2.4.4 Technology for the Grand Piano Soundboard; 2.4.5 The Case of the Harpsichord; 2.5 Directivity of String Instruments; 2.5.1 The Violin Family; 2.5.2 The Concert Harp; 2.5.3 The Grand Piano; 2.6 New Instruments; 2.6.1 The Hutchins-Schelleng Violin Octet; 2.6.2 The Caldersmith Classic Guitar Family; 2.7 Summary; Appendices; Appendix 1: Sizes of the Instruments from the Violin Family; Appendix 2: Mass of Instruments from the Violin Family; Appendix 3: Bracing System for Classical Guitars; References.
- 3 Mechanical Characterisation of Materials for String Instrument3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Mechanical Characterisation of Materials; 3.2.1 Elastic Constants of Materials-Theoretical Aspects; 3.2.1.1 Elastic Constants of Wood; 3.2.1.2 Elastic Constants of Materials Other Than Wood; 3.2.2 Experimental Aspects Related to Elastic Constants Measurements; 3.2.2.1 Resonance Methods on Rods and Plates; (a) Resonance Method on Rods; (b) Resonance Method on Plates; 3.2.2.2 Dynamic Loss Properties of Materials; 3.2.2.3 Ultrasonic Plane Wave Transmission Methods; 3.3 Anisotropy of Wood.
- 3.4 Effect of Wood Moisture Content Variation on Tone Quality 3.5 Summary; Appendices; Appendix 1: Relationships Among the Parameters Measured with the Resonance Method on Plates; Appendix 2: Resonance Method and Relationships Among Elastic Constants Measured on Plates and Wood Technical Constants (Young's Moduli, Shear Moduli and Poisson's Ratios); Appendix 3: Ultrasonic Stiffnesses and Wood Technical Constants (Young's Moduli, Shear Moduli and Poisson's Ratios); Appendix 4: About Acoustic Wave Propagation Phenomena in Anistropic Solids (Musgrave 1970; Auld 1973; Every and Sachse 2001).