Piano Hammer References
This list of references was compiled in 1996 and does not include the many more recent papers that have been published on the subject since then.
- H. A. Conklin, Jr. "Piano design factors --- their influence on tone and acoustical performance," in Five Lectures on the Acoustics of the Piano, ed. A. Askenfelt (Royal Swedish Acad. of Music, Stockholm, 1990)
- J. I. Dunlop, "Nonlinear vibration properties of felt pads," J. Acoust. Soc. Am.
88, 911-917 (1990)
- F. G. Tyzzer and H. G. Hardy, "The Properties of Felt in the Reduction of Noise and Vibration," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 19, 872-878 (1947)
- J. I. Dunlop, "On the Compression Characteristics of Fibre Masses," J. Text. Inst. 74, 92-97 (1983)
- D. E. Hall, "Piano string excitation in the case of a small hammer mass," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 79, 141-147 (1986)
- D. E. Hall, "Piano string excitation II: General solution for a hard narrow hammer," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81, 535-546 (1987)
- D. E. Hall, "Piano string excitation III: General solution for a soft narrow hammer," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81, 547-555 (1987)
- D. E. Hall, "Piano string excitation IV: The question of missing modes," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82, 1913-1918 (1987)
- D. E. Hall and A. Askenfelt, "Piano string excitation V: Spectra for real hammers and strings," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 83, 1627-1633 (1988)
- D. E. Hall, "Piano string excitation VI: Nonlinear modeling," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 95-105 (1992)
- D. E. Hall and A. Askenfelt, " Measuring piano hammers and modeling their interaction,"
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 1 84, S134 (1988)
- H. Suzuki, "Model analysis of a force-deformation characteristic of a piano hammer," CBS Interim Report (February 1985, unpublished)
- H. Suzuki, "Model analysis of a hammer-string interaction," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82 1145-1151 (1987)
- H. Suzuki and I. Nakamura, "Acoustics of pianos," Appl. Acoust. 30, 147-205 (1990)
- X. Boutillon, "Model for piano hammers: Experimental determination and digital simulation," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 83, 746-754 (1988)
- I. Bork, "Measuring the Acoustical Properties of Mallets," Appl. Acoust. 30, 207-218 (1990)
- J. T. Broch, Mechanical Vibration and Shock Measurements, 2nd ed. (Br\"uel \& Kj\ae r, Naerum, Denmark, 1984). Chap. 3 and Appendix D
- C. T. Morrow, "Introduction to Data Reduction, Testing, and Specification," Chap. 20 of Shock and Vibration Handbook, 3rd ed, ed. C. M. Harris, (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988)
- R. S. Ayre, "Transient Response to Step and Pulse Functions," Chap. 8 of Shock and Vibration Handbook, 3rd ed, ed. C. M. Harris, (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988)
- C. T. Morrow, Shock and Vibration Engineering, (John Wiley \& Sons, Inc., New York, 1963)
- S. Rubin, "Concept in Shock Data Analysis," Chap. 23 of Shock and Vibration Handbook, 3rd ed, ed. C. M. Harris, (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988)
- T. Yanagisawa, K. Nakamura, and H. Aiko, "Experimental study on force-time curve during the contact between between hammer and piano string," J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., 37, 627-633 (1981) (in Japanese)
- T. Yanagisawa and K. Nakamura, "Dynamic compression characteristics of piano hammer felt," J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., 40, 725-729 (1984) (in Japanese)
- A. Askenfelt and E. V. Jansson, "From touch to string vibrations. I: Timing in the grand piano action," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 52-62 (1990)
- A. Askenfelt and E. V. Jansson, "From touch to string vibrations. II: The motion of the key and hammer," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 90 2383-2393 (1991)
- A. Askenfelt and E. V. Jansson, "From touch to string vibrations. III: String motion and spectra," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93 2181-2196 (1993)
- H. Suzuki, "Modeling of a hammer-shank system," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 1, 83 (1987) KK2
- E. D. Blackham, "The Physics of the Piano," Sci. Am. 213 (6), 88-96 (1965)