Acoustical Aspects of Woodwind Instruments

This classic study, now revised and updated, show how scientific calculations can be used to improve the understanding, design, and tunning of woodwind instrumentes. A powerful tool for correcting tuning errors in existing instruments and for creating new designs, Nederveen's work has long been a standard in the fields of acoustics.
In a extended new chapter, Nederveen analyzes and interprets recent developments in research on the acoustics of woodwind instruments.This revised edition, wich also contains a new list of symbols and a new subjets index, is a necessity for scholars, teachers, and practitioners of music, physics, acoustics, and woodwind designs.

CONTENIDO:
Preface to the Revised Edition
Forewords by C.W. Kosten
Preface to the 1969 Edition
1- Introduction
2- The excitation mechanism of woodwind
3- Holes and bore perturbations
4- Examples
Addendum. Development since 1969
- Introduction
- The air column and its excitation
- The reactive component of the impedance
- The resistive component of the impedance
- The excitation mechanism
- Applications of input impedance spectra
- Mouth, reed and wall vibrations
- Conclusions