A0 and A1 coupling, arching, rib height, and f-hole geometry dependence in the 2 degree-of-freedom network model of violin cavity modes

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3608-3615

  Bissinger, George ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GEOMETRY; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND;

EID: 0032431395     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423943     Document Type: Article

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