Glad you also think it's good, Bob. A little background on Benade here:
http://acousticalsociety.org/about/awards/gold/12_10_10_benade https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/BenadeHome.html What I like is that the material links the theoretical aspects of acoustics to the practical ways in which instruments actually behave - as well as the modifications which players like to undertake. His other excellent book is 'Horns, Strings and Harmony', a rather more populist work. Despite the title, there's a good bit about woodwind, including his design for a multi-keyed flute made out of tubing and bits of tin can. A keen maker, though not a craftsman; he wanted to see how things could be made to work and how they could be modified to work better. Francis On 11 Feb 2011, at 13:44, BobG wrote: > Francis, > Thanks for the ref to Arthur Benade's book. I've just bought it, and first > indications are that it is excellent! > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Wood" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Dartmouth NPS" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 2:38 PM > Subject: [NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch > > >> >> >> On 10 Feb 2011, at 13:43, Julia Say wrote: >> >>> a small depression could surely catch a sound >>> wave at a funny angle and cause it to behave in a less than theoretically >>> perfect >>> manner >> >> It's really much more like the effect caused by a tiny irregularity in a >> tooth. It seems massively more important than it actually is. >> >> There's absolutely no possibility of "theoretically perfect" behaviour in a >> woodwind bore, so consequently these insignificant irregularities cannot >> possibly disturb such perfection. >> Practically speaking (unless one is unbelievably expert) the factors >> influencing sound waves in an NSP bore are a good mixture of the laws of >> Physics and Sod's Law. In varying proportions, obviously. >> >> I don't think I've seen Arthur Benade's Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics >> mentioned in this forum. I certainly can't claim to know it well, or to >> understand most of it. But I think it is one of the best regarded textbooks >> on musical acoustics written by a first class scientist who also enjoyed >> making musical instruments (especially wind) when he wasn't busy with the >> day job. >> >> I'm mentioning this here because it's a book I turn to in curiosity when the >> behaviour of woodwinds is in question. >> >> Francis >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
