Testing the Nonlinearity of Piano Hammers Using Residual Shock Spectra

Acustica

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 967-975

  Russell, D ^a,b   Rossing, T ^b  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PIANO HAMMERS; RESIDUAL SHOCK SPECTRA;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0032154590     PISSN: 00017884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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