Three decades of wind instrument research at Brigham Young Univ.

Abstract

Wind instrument research at Brigham Young University during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s will be reviewed. In more or less chronological order, the research was as follows: (1) Calculation of input impedances of an oboe; (2) predictor coefficient analysis/synthesis of French horn tones; (3) functional model of a simplified clarinet; (4) calculated and measured modal frequencies of brass instruments; (5) calculation and measurement of flute impedances and standing waves; (6) calculation and measurement of horn impedances; (7) simulation of a player-clarinet system; (8) optimization of clarinet toneholes; (9) simulation of a player-trumpet system; (10) stroboscopic measurement of the lip motions of a trombone player; (11) calculation and measurement of nonlinear effects in loud trombone tones; (12) finite element modeling of the lips of a trombone player. [Work supported by the Institute for Research in Musical Acoustics.]