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Musical instrument design : practical information for instrument making
- Title
- Musical instrument design : practical information for instrument making / written and illustrated by Bart Hopkin.
- Author
- Hopkin, Bart, 1952-
- Publication
- Tucson, Ariz. : See Sharp Press, ©1996.
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- Description
- v, 181 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- An encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments. Includes many designs for instruments along with parts lists and detailed construction instructions [Publisher description].
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Jon Scoville -- Ch. 1. Musical sound perception -- Ch. 2. Acoustic principles -- Ch. 3. Tuning systems & pitch layouts -- Ch. 4. Idiophones -- Ch. 5. Beaters, scrapers, friction makers -- Ch. 6. Aerophones -- Ch. 7. Membranophones -- Ch. 8. Resonators and radiators -- Ch. 9. Chordophones -- Ch. 10. Special effects -- Ch. 11. A few more thoughts -- Appendix 1. Tools & materials -- Appendix 2. Frequency and tuning charts -- Appendix 3. Amplification -- Appendix 4. More on air columns, toneholes and woodwind keying mechanisms.
- ISBN
- 1884365086
- 9781884365089
- OCLC
- 35846172
- SCSB-14516090
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries