The Bumblebee/Piano Model Myth

[Clark]

Hi,

I just ran across John Sankey's study on harpsichords, at
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/physics.html


Here's his bibliography:

P.M.Morse, Vibration and Sound. 1936. 

N.H.Fletcher, Analysis of the Design and Performance of Harpsichords.
Acustica 37,139 1977. 

M.Goodway & J.S.Odell, The Metallurgy of 17- and 18th-century music
wire. 1987. 

W.R.Savage et.al, Air and structural modes of a harpsichord. JASA
91(4):2180-9 1992. 

N.H.Fletcher & T.D.Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments. 1998.
There is an error in the viscosity damping equation in both their 1st
and 2nd edition (a different error in each).


Clark