Application of Acoustics to some Problems of Material Science Related to the Making of Musical Instruments

Acustica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 122-128

  Rajčan, Emil ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WOOD;

ACOUSTIC MATERIALS;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0031654959     PISSN: 00017884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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