Characterizing the feel of the piano action

Computer Music Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-57

  Gillespie, R Brent ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Grijalva, Robert ^a   Awtar, Shorya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; CONTACT CONDITIONS; COUPLED DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FLEXURE-BEARING; HUMAN FINGERS; HYBRID DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER; LOAD CELLS; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET; SOURCE IMPEDANCE; STRAIN GAUGE;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; GAGES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MACHINERY; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 79952813020     PISSN: 01489267     EISSN: 15315169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/COMJ_a_00039     Document Type: Article

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