Why does a piano sound like a piano? A similar question can be
asked of virtually all musical instruments. A particular note-such
as middle C-can be produced by a piano, a violin, a clarinet, and
many other instruments, yet it is easy for even a musically
untrained listener to distinguish between these different
instruments. A central quest in the study of musical instruments is
to understand why the sound of the "same" note depends greatly on
the instrument, and to elucidate which aspects of an instrument are
most critical in producing the musical tones characteristic of the
instrument. The primary goal of this book is to investigate these
questions for the piano. The explanations in this book use a
minimum of mathematics, and are intended for anyone who is
interested in music and musical instruments. At the same time,
there are many insights relating physics and the piano that will
likely be interesting and perhaps surprising for many physicists.
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