Handbook of Materials for Wind Musical Instruments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction

   • Voichita Bucur

   Pages 1-6

3. Organologic Description of Wind Instruments

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   Pages 7-123

4. Description of Materials for Wind Instruments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Wood Species for Reed-Driven Instruments—Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon and for Baroque Flute

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      Pages 127-166

   3. Physical, Mechanical and Acoustical Properties of Cane for Reeds

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      Pages 167-265

   4. Metallic Materials for Lip Driven and Air Jet Driven Instruments

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      Pages 267-286

   5. Fibrous Auxiliary Materials—Felt, Cork, Paperboard

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      Pages 287-310

   6. Organic Auxiliary Materials—Leather and Parchment

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      Pages 311-334

5. Basic Acoustics of Wind Instruments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 335-335

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   2. Resonant Air Column in Wind Instruments

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      Pages 337-358

   3. Effect of Wall Material on Vibration Modes of Wind Instruments

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      Pages 359-424

   4. Effects of Bore Shape and Tone Holes

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      Pages 425-441

   5. Methods for Measuring the Acoustic Properties of Wind Instruments

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      Pages 443-472

6. Manufacturing of Wind Instruments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 473-473

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   2. Manufacturing of Metallic Tubes for Wind Musical Instruments

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      Pages 475-525

   3. Manufacturing of Tubes and Pipes in Wood

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      Pages 527-558

   4. Manufacturing of the Reeds for Reed Driven Instruments

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      Pages 559-577

   5. Manufacturing and Functions of Pads and Keys for Woodwind Instruments

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      Pages 579-592

   6. Digital Fabrication of Some Wind Instruments

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      Pages 593-613

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 deals with wood species and materials for reeds used for making clarinet, oboe and bassoon- and, with metallic materials and alloys for - horn, trumpet, trombone, etc. Auxiliary materials associated with the manufacturing of wind instruments are felt, cork, leather and parchment.

Part 2- Basic acoustics of wind instruments, in which are presented succinctly, some pertinent aspects related to the physics of the resonant air column. An important aspect discussed is related to the effect of wall material on the vibration modes of the walls of wind instruments. The methods for measuring the acoustical properties of wind instruments are presented.

Part 3- Manufacturing of wind instruments, describes the technology used in manufacturing metallic tubes and pipes made of wood.

Part 4 - The durability and degradation of materials addresses data about methods for cleaning wind instruments, studies factors producing degradation of organ pipes, describes methods of conservation and restoration of brass instruments and of historical pipe organs. Finally, the properties of marble are described, being the only one nondegradable and sustainable material used for pipes for organs.

• vibration modes
• wind instruments
• materials degradation
• Wood science
• Conservation of wind musical instruments
• Cleaning of wind musical instruments
• reed driven instruments
• Wood Science and Technology

• School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

  Voichita Bucur

Dr. Voichita Bucur, currently adjunct professor at RMIT Melbourne, Australia, received her bachelor in Engineering in 1962 from Polytechnic Institute Brasov, Romania, and her PhD in Mechanics and Ultrasonics in 1984 from the Institut Supérieur des Materiaux, St Ouen, Paris, France. Her fields of research encompass development of non-destructive techniques (vibrational, acoustic, ultrasonic, X- rays) for the assessment of the quality of trees, wood products and wood-based composites, mechanical characterisation of materials with non-destructive techniques, wood science and technology, and mechanical characterisation of wood for musical instruments.In 2004 she awarded silver medal by Société d’Encouragement du Progrès, France, for contributions to mechanics, acoustics, wood science, education and service to the society. In 2007 she had the distinguish award at 15th International Symposium on Nonestructive Testing of wood, Duluth, Minessota, USA, for contribution to the development of nondestructive techniques for wood and wood based composites. .

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