The simulation of piano string vibration: From physical models to finite difference schemes and digital waveguides

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1095-1107

  Bensa, Julien ^a   Bilbao, Stefan ^a   Kronland Martinet, Richard ^a   Smith, Julius O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCIES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

PIANO STRING VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSIC; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VIBRATION; WAVEGUIDE MODEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSIC; VIBRATION;

EID: 0043069840     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1587146     Document Type: Article

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