1: Introduction
2: Waves and sound
3: Making a musical scale
4: Why the piano was invented: A little history
5: Vibrating strings
6: Hitting strings with hammers
7: The soundboard
8: Connecting the strings to the soundboard
9: Evolution of the piano
10: Psychoacoustics: How we perceive musical tones
11: The magic of Steinway
12: What physics can and cannot teach us about music and musical
instruments
Nicholas J. Giordano, Sr. is Hubert James Distinguished Professor
of Physics at Purdue University, Indiana. He joined the Department
of Physics there as an Assistant Professor in 1979, becoming an
Associate Professor in 1982 and Full Professor in 1985. He served
as an Assistant Dean of Science from 2000-2003, and became Head of
the Department of Physics in 2007. His research includes
nanoscience and conduction in small metallic systems, micro- and
nanofluidic
systems, musical acoustics, and computational biophysics. He was an
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1979-1983), received a
Computational Science Education Award from the U.S. Department of
Energy in
1977, and was named Indiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2004.
`Nicholas Giordano has written a brief and excellent account of the
physics of this instrument.'
Times Literary Supplement
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