Experimental investigation of the piano hammer-string interaction

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2467-2478

  Birkett, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT IDENTIFICATION; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; IMPACT VELOCITIES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

HAMMERS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOTION; MUSIC; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE; SOUND; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOTION; MUSIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84876155899     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4792357     Document Type: Article

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