[CAUT] Physics of the Piano

[Fred Sturm]

Hi All,
	I have been reading a new book, came out in 2010, called Physics of  
the Piano, Nicholas Giordano, Oxford U Press. I would like to  
recommend it as the best overview I have seen of the issues involved  
in the piano from a physicist's perspective. It covers the field quite  
well, and explains on a level that is understandable to the non- 
scientist, but not dumbed down so as to be watered down. Some new  
stuff I wasn't aware of. Giordano has done quite a bit of original  
research himself, but he includes material from people like Askenfeld  
and Conklin.
	There _are_ a few warts, as is probably inevitable, but it is a great  
introduction to the principles and to the experimentation that has  
been done in a scholarly way. I wish/hope Stephen Birkett might come  
out with such a text some day, but meanwhile this is pretty good as a  
starting point.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
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