Acoustics

Katherine Ward
Newark Qualified
Woodwind Repairer

Site last updated
211stJan-2010

The subject of acoustics is a fascinating one and reveals an enormous
and complex element in the violin making process.
It is my intention in this section to present a practical hands on approach
to the acoustic challenges which the violin maker must faces in the
workshop.
It is essential to research the acoustic theory which supports
the analysis to follow, and there are many independent websites
which do a superb job in this respect. Below are just a few which I
recommend highly .

Contents

1.      Violin Plate Tuning.
2.      Violin Bridge Fitting
3.         Sound Post Fitting
4. Violin Strings Selection

This page is still under construction at the moment
and new content is being added on a regular basis:-




	www.speech.kth.se/music/acviguit4/ Acoustics for violin and guitar makers. Published by: TMH, Speech, Music and Hearing Erik Jansson, erik@speech.kth.se www.schleske.de/08veroeffentlichungen/en_veroeffentlichungen3links.shtml Web pages, journals, collections of articles and books about acoustics and violinmaking www.sandv.com/downloads/0101avit.pdf Experimental Modal Analysis , A simple Non-Mathematical Presentation by Peter Avitabile http://www.catgutacoustical.org/research/books/vlnacous/ Research Papers in Violin Acoustics: 1975 - 1993 Editor Carleen Maley Hutchins Associate Editor Virginia Benade www.newviolinfamily.org/cmh/cmh-life.html The Life and Work of Carleen Maley Hutchins by Paul R. Laird www.usd.edu/smm/Archives/NewViolinFamily/NewViolinFamily.html The Carleen Hutchins Collection and Archive www.asa.aip.org/ The Acoustical Society of America www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~be/150/project.html Thoughts On The Sound Quality Of Violins www.ph.ed.ac.uk/acoustics/MAN/kickoff/woodhouse.pdf Strings and things Musical acoustics in Cambridge. By Jim Woodhouse Topics include The "Bridge Hill".


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