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Some Acoustical Properties of Wind Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Ralph Dunstan
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Extract

The following remarks are based on a lifelong familiarity with musical instruments of every kind. In my practical and experimental researches I am constantly observing phenomena which do not appear to conform with established acoustical theories, and some of these I will now lay before you. It will be first necessary to state briefly certain theories commonly taught.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Musical Association , Volume 44 , 1917 , pp. 53 - 70
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Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1917

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∗ Mr. Blaikley afterwards admitted to me in conversation that “adjustments” had often to be made; i.e., that the theoretical basis of construction did not always hold.—R.D.Google Scholar