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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583506103321

Autore

Bucur Voichita

Titolo

Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments / / by Voichita Bucur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783030986506

9783030986490

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1044 pages)

Collana

Physics and Astronomy Series

Disciplina

786.8

784.1923

Soggetti

Acoustics

Materials science

Music

Materials Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- PART 1 Classification and sound of percussion instruments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Organology of percussion instruments for the classic symphony orchestra -- Chapter 3 About the sound of percussion instruments -- Chapter 4 Methodology for percussion instruments testing -- PART 2 Structural parts of the Instruments -- Chapter 5 Materials for membranophones - timpani, drums, tambourine -- Chapter 6. Idiophones made of wood and played with mallets: marimba and xylophone -- Chapter 7 Metallic idiophones played with mallets -- Chapter 8. Struck idiophones played with mallets: gongs, cymbals, chimes, bell plates, triangle -- Chapter 9 The Mallets -- Chapter 10 The carillon -- Chapter 11 A percussion idiophone instrument with keyboard: the celesta -- Chapter 12 Concussion idiophones -- Chapter 13 New Percussion Instruments -- PART 3 Properties of Materials -- Chapter 14 Properties of wood species for percussion instruments -- Chapter15 Metallic alloys for percussion instruments -- Chapter 16 Leather for percussion instruments -- Chapter 17 New materials for percussion instruments



-- PART 4 Maintenance and conservation of percussion instruments -- Chapter18. Care, maintenance and restoration of percussion instruments -- Chapter 19 Conservation of percussion instruments -- Chapter 20 Patents for percussion instruments.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the properties of materials used for making percussion instruments for classical music played by a symphony orchestra in which the instruments could be played as a soloist instrument or as a group or several groups of instruments, as they are included into a musical work. A chapter is devoted to the bells. The scope of this book is primarily confined to percussion instruments of symphony orchestras taking into account the centuries of musical art and tradition. This book bridges the gap in the technical literature on describing the properties of materials for percussion instruments—timpani, other drums, marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, gong, cymbal, triangle, celesta, castanets.