The Science of String Instruments (Hardcover)

Introduction.- Plucked Strings.- Guitars and Lutes.- Portuguese Guitar.- Banjo.- Mandolin Family Instruments.- Psalteries and Zithers.- Harpsichord and Clavichord.- The Harp.- The Burmese Arched Harp.- Plucked String Instruments in Asia.- Bowed Strings.- Violin.- Cello.- Double Bass.- Bows, Strings, and Bowing.- Viols and Other Historic Bowed String Instruments.- The Hutchins-Schelleng Violin Octet after 50 Years.- Hammered Strings.- Some Remarks on the Acoustics of the Piano.- The Hammered Dulcimer.- The Electric Guitar and Violin.- Virtual String Synthesis.