Physics of the Violin

Name: Physics of the Violin
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ISBN: 9780262031028

ISBN-10: 0262031027

ISBN-13: 9780262031028

Edition: 1984

Authors: Lothar Cremer, John S. Allen

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This major work covers almost all that has been learned about the acoustics of stringed instruments from Helmholtz's 19th-century theoretical elaborations to recent electroacoustic and holographic measurements. Many of the results presented here were uncovered by the author himself (and by his associates and students) over a 20-year period of research on the physics of instruments in the violin family. Lothar Cremer is one of the world's most respected authorities on architectural acoustics and, not incidentally, an avid avocational violinist and violist. The book - which was published in German in 1981 - first of all meets the rigorous technical standards of specialists in musical…

Book details

List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 11/14/1984
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 474
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Lothar Cremer is Professor Emeritus at the Technical University of Berlin, where he served asdirector of the Institute for Acoustical Engineering.