Air modes of the Bacon internal resonator banjo
Popular Physics
2016-10-10 v1
Abstract
Sound measurements on a sequence of related, similar constructions with slightly different dimensions confirm a simple picture of the air modes of the internal resonator banjo's body. For the purpose of this study, the air modes are decoupled from the soundboard (i.e., [drum] head) modes by replacing the head with 3/4" plywood. The resulting characteristic features survive the strong coupling of the air modes to the head and are in accord with the qualitative distinctions recognized by banjo players.
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@article{arxiv.1610.02355,
title = {Air modes of the Bacon internal resonator banjo},
author = {David Politzer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.02355},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
16 pages, 10 figures, reporting the same work as "Physics of the Bacon Internal Resonator Banjo" (HDP: 16-02) in a terser, more "professional" style. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1606.06365