Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "Musical Acoustics"
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The Effect of Humidity and Moisture Content on the Tone of Musical Instruments
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-12)The purpose of this research work is to investigate the relationship between humidity and tone in musical instruments. A basic hypothesis that motivates this work is that normal seasonal variations in relative humidity are ... -
Investigation of Piano Soundboard Voicing Techniques and Their Impact on Tone
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-26)This thesis acts as a first step in connecting the sub jective description of piano tone with quantitative measurements of changes in the vibrational and acoustical properties of a piano. Voicing techniques used by piano ...