Wood for sound

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1439-1448

  Wegst, Ulrike G K ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustical properties; Materials selection; Musical instruments; Wood

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; ESTHETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TREE; WOOD;

CARPINUS; PICEA;

EID: 33750471151     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.10.1439     Document Type: Article

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