Handbook of Materials for Wind Musical Instruments

• Main Author: Bucur, Voichita (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Acoustics.; Ceramics.; Glass.; Composites (Materials).; Composite materials.; Manufactures.; Forest products.; Music.; Cultural heritage.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes.; Wood Science & Technology.; Cultural Heritage.

This book addresses key questions about the materials used for the wind instruments of classical symphony orchestra such as flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons and pipe organs. The content of this book is structured into four parts. Part 1- Description of materials for wind instruments de...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - the outline of the book
• Organologic description of wind instruments
• Wood species for reed -driven instruments - clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon
• Materials for reeds of reed driven instruments
• Metallic materials for lip- driven instruments and for air jet driven instruments
• Fibrous auxiliary materials - the felt, the cork
• Organic auxiliary materials - the leather, the parchment
• Resonant air column in wind instruments
• Effect of wall material on vibration modes of walls of wind instruments
• Effect of bore shape and tone holes
• Methods for measuring the acoustic properties of wind instruments
• Manufacturing of tubes in metal for brass instruments and pipe organ
• Manufacturing of tubes and pipes in wood
• Manufacturing of reeds for reed driven instruments
• Manufacturing of pads and keys
• Digital fabrication of wind instruments
• Traditional cleaning and ultrasonic cleaning techniques for metallic wind instruments
• Degradation of organ pipes and of brass instruments
• Restoration and conservation of brass musical instruments
• Restoration and conservation of historical pipe organ
• Marble, the nondegradable material for pipe organs.