Terry, I suggest you look for a book by Benade (first name -- I'm guessing -- Arthur?). He was/is a physics prof at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Title is something like "The Acoustics of Musical Instruments." He taught a course on the subject, and was a major authority on the subject back in the 70's when I went to CWRU. Physics courses at CWRU were *not* easy but he had a rep for being an excellent instructor, and his course was popular with Cleveland Institute of Music students, et al. Patrick On Friday, August 2, 2002, at 09:10 AM, Farrell wrote: > Why does a flute sound like a flute? Why does an obo sound like an obo? > Why does a guitar sound like a guitar? And last, but certainly not > least, why does a piano sound like a piano? > > Does anyone have a simplistic explanation for what is the cause of > unique sounds/tones among various instruments? If you play A4 at a > pitch of 440 Hz on any instument, you will hear the pitch of 400 Hz. > But they will all sound different. So I guess they all do something > different to the soundwave that reaches your ear. What is that > difference? How does a speaker reproduce these differences of they only > move in and out? > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > Terry Farrell > > > >
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