Acoustical Aspects Of Woodwind Instruments (Revised); Author: Nederveen, Cornelis Johannes; Paperback

Author: Nederveen, Cornelis Johannes
Revised Edition; Paperback; Index
160 pages
Published: July 1998
Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN: 0875805779

This classic study, now revised and updated, shows how scientific calculations can be used to improve the understanding, design, and tuning of woodwind instruments. A powerful tool for correcting tuning errors in existing instruments and for creating new designs, Nederveen's analysis has long been a standard in the field of acoustics.Nederveen's aim is to find systematic and accuratemethods for calculating the position and size of tone holes and functional bore corrections for the various woodwinds. He achieves this aim and further provides a detailed application to the design of flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes, and bassoons.An extended new chapter analyzing and interpreting recent developments in acoustics of woodwind instruments, a list of symbols, and a subject indA study of how scientific calculations can be used to improve the understanding, design and tuning of woodwind instruments. This edition contains a new chapter which analyzes and interprets developments in acoustics of woodwind instruments.