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Five Lectures on the Acoustics of the Piano
URL: http://www.speech.kth.se/music/5_lectures/

Description:
"This volume contains five lectures given at a public seminar at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm [Sweden]. ... The lectures are based on accumulated experience in piano design as well as recent experimental and theoretical studies -- all presented in a popular style." Covers topics such as piano design factors, sound production, and piano string motion. Includes diagrams and piano sound clips. From the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

LII Topics: Acoustics, Music, Musical Instruments, Piano

Author:
Askenfelt, Anders, editor

Publisher:
Royal Swedish Academy of Music

Extra Keywords
tuning acoustics

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Music -- Acoustics and physics
Piano
Piano -- Acoustics
Piano -- Construction

LII Database Information:
Record 21878 created by Jennifer English on 06/19/2006
Last modification on 06/20/2006
Published: 06/22/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21878

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