A psychoacoustical investigation into the effect of wall material on the sound produced by lip-reed instruments

Whitehouse, James W. and Sharp, David B. (2008). A psychoacoustical investigation into the effect of wall material on the sound produced by lip-reed instruments. In: Spring Conference of the Institute of Acoustics 2008: Widening Horizons in Acoustics, 10-11 April 2008, Reading, UK.

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Abstract

Does a lip-reed instrument's material of manufacture play a significant role in determining the timbre of the notes it produces? Tests have been conducted on five post horns of identical geometry but manufactured from different copper alloys. Using a laser Doppler vibrometer, the structural resonances of each instrument have been established and the wall vibrations induced in each instrument when artificially blown have been measured. In this paper, these measurements are compared with findings from a series of blindfold playing tests carried out on professional musicians.

Item Type:	Conference Item
Copyright Holders:	2008 The Authors
ISSN:	1478-6095
Extra Information:	Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 30 (2), ISBN: 9781605601427
Academic Unit/Department:	Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Design, Development, Environment and Materials
Item ID:	18692
Depositing User:	David Sharp
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2009 13:04
Last Modified:	25 Jan 2011 20:22
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/18692

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