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Sound Radiation from a Grand Piano

Authors: Bork, Ingolf

AES Convention 100 · Paper 4158 · May 1996

Abstract

Besides tonal partials the sound radiated from a grand piano contains noise components arising from the excitations of the normal modes of the sound board. The radiation characteristics in the different frequency regions are shown by measured sound spectra, sound-field analysis, and recorded tone samples. For the low components up to 200 Hz, the figure-eight-shaped radiation of the sound board is determined by its vibrational dipole character.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 100
AES Convention
100
Paper number
4158
Publication date
May 6, 1996
Session subject
Recording and Reproduction Systems
Affiliation
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper