Publications by

Erik V. Jansson 

Recent papers
Publications for the committe for acoustics of music
Works republished as benchmark papers in acoustics
Works republished in research papers in violin acoustics 1975-1993
Lecturing materials
Refereed papers
Popular papers
Technical papers published in STL-QPSR and TMH-QPSR
Further technical papers
Congress papers

Thesis for Master of Science:
Analogier mellan stråkinstrument och den mänskliga rösten.  Källa - filtermodeller (1966 in Swedish,  summary in Q1: Analogies beteen bowed String Instruments and the Human Voice,  Source-Filter Models)

Thesis for Doctor of Science:
Investigations of Acoustical Phenomena as Revealed by  Properties of Musical Instruments (1973 including papers T5,  Q5, S1, S2, Q6 and Q9).
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RECENT PAPERS:

2001
C69
C62

2000
S38

1999
S37
C59
C60

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PUBLICATIONS FOR THE COMMITTE FOR ACOUSTICS OF MUSIC:
(editor  together  with J.  Sundberg, Anders Askenfelt, Sten Ternström, Anders Friberg and published by  the  Royal Swedish Academy of Music)

1. Music, Room, Acoustics (1977).

2. Vår Hörsel och Musiken (1979).

3. Music Perception in Concert Halls (1979).

4. Sound Generation in Winds, Strings and Computers (1980).

5. Research Aspects of Singing (1981).

6. Function, Construction and Quality of the Guitar (1983).

7. Studies of Music Performance (1983).

8 I o II. Stockholm Music Acoustic Conference 1983 (1985 ).

9. Acoustics for Choir and Orchestra  (S Ternström editor, 1986).

10. Harmony and Tonality (1987).

11. Acoustics of the Piano (A Askenfelt editor, 1990).

12. Somasensory feedback in musical perfomrnace (1991)

13. Gluing tones - Grouping in music composition, performance and listneing (1992)

14.  Instrument and interpretation (1993).

15. Stockholm Music Acoustic Conference 1993

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WORKS REPUBLISHED AS BENCHMARKMARK PAPERS IN ACOUSTICS
(Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

B1.  (S2)  Resonances of a violin body studied by hologram intererometry and acoustical methods (together with N-E. Molin and H. Sundin), in Vol. 6, ed. C.M. Hutchins (1976).

B2.  (T3) On higher air modes in the violin,  in Vol. 6, ed. C.M. Hutchins (1976).

B3.   (S4) On plane and spherical waves in horns with  nonuniform flare,  I:  Theory of radiation, resonance frequencies and radiaion  losses,  II:  Prediction and measurements of resonance freuencies  and radiation losses,  (both parts together  with  A.H. Benade), in Vol. 9, ed. E.L. Kent (1977).

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WORKS REPUBLISHED IN 
RESEACRH PAPERS IN VIOLIN ACOUSTICS 1975-1993
(Acoustical Society of America through American Institute of Physics, ed. C.M. Hutchins & V. Benade, 1996)

B4. (S9)  Acoustical  properties of complex cavities,  prediction  and measurement  of  the  resonance properties of  violin-shaped  and guitar-shaped cavities, Acustica 37 (1977), pp. 211-221.

B5. (S11)  Long-time-average-spectra  and rated qualities of twentytwo violins (together with A.  Gabrielsson),  Acustica 42 (1979), pp. 47-55.

B6. (S12)   Analysis and assesssment of musical starting  transients, Acustica 51  (1982), pp. 249-262 (together with H. Pollard).

B7. (S13)  A tristimulus method of musical starting transients, Acustia 51 (1982), pp. 162-171  (together with H. Pollard).

B8. (S14). Eigenmodes, input admittance and the function of the violin, Acustica 50 (1982), pp. 329 - 337 (together with J. Alonso Moral).

B9. (T24)  Experiments with Free Violin Plates,  J Catgut Acoust Soc 1 No 2 (1988 ) pp 2-6 (together Alonso and J Niewzcyk).

B10. (S18)  Parameters  of Violin Plates and Their Influence on  Violin Modes,  J  Acoust Soc Am 83 (1988),  pp.  281-291 (together  with Molin and Lindgren).

B11. (S21).  Transient  Wave  Propagation in Wooden Plates  for  Musical Instruments,  J Acoust Soc Am 85 (1989),  pp. 2179-2184 (together with Molin).

B12. (T26). On Tuning of the Violin Bridge,  J Catgut Acoust Soc no 6 1 (1990), pp. 11-15 (together with Fryde'n and Mattsson).

B13. (S23)  Transient wave response of the violin body, J Acoust Soc Am 88 (1990), pp. 2479-2481 (together with Molin and Wåhlin)

B14. (S24)  Transient wave response of the violin body revisited, J Acoust Soc Am 90 (1991), pp. 2192-2195 (together with Molin and Wåhlin)

B15. (S28) On Vibration Sensation and Finger Touch in Stringed Instrument Playing, Music Perception 9 (1992), pp. 311-350 (together with Askenfelt).

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LECTURING MATERIAL

L.1    Compendium in Music Acoustics (together with  A.  Askenfelt,  J. Sundberg,  B.  Lindblom):  "Instrumentlära  med rumsakustik"  och "Mätteknik", Centrum för talkommunikationsforskning och musikakutik, KTH, 1977

L.2     Compendium in Room Acoustics for the Course in Speech Communication: "Talöverföring i rum", KTH 1988.

L.3     Compendium at the KTH Course: "Akustik för för  fiol- och gitarrbyggare", KTH 1986, 1992, 1996, and 2002.

L.4    Compendium in English “Acoustics for Violin and Guitar makers". KTH 2002.

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REFEREEED PAPERS
S1.  A  study of acoustical and hologram interferometric measureents ofa guitar's top plate vibrations,  Acustica 25 (1971), pp. 95-100.

S2.  Resonances  of a violin body studied by hologram  interferoetry  and acoustical methods (together with N-E.  Molin  and  H. Sundin), Physica Scripta 2 (1970), pp. 243-256.

S3.  An investigation of a violin by laser speckle interferometry and acoustical measurements, Acustica 29 (1973), pp. 21-28.

S4.  On plane and spherical waves in horns with nonuniform flare, I:  Theory of radiation, resonance frequencies and radiation loses,  Acustica 31 (1974),  pp. 79-98; II: Prediction and measureents of resonance frequencies and radiation losses,  pp. 185-202 (both parts together with A.H. Benade).

S5.  The  STL-ionophone:  transducer properties and  construction (together with F. Fransson), J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 58 (1975), pp. 910-915.

S6. Long-time-average-spectra applied to analysis of music.  Part I:   Method and general applications (together with J. Sundberg), Acustica 34 (1976), pp. 15-19.

S7. Long-time-average-spectra applied to analysis of music.  Part II:   An  analysis  of organ stops (together with  J.  Sundberg), Acustica 34 (1976), pp. 269-274.

S8. Long-time-average-spectra applied to analysis of music.  Part III:  A  simple method for surveyable analysis of  complex  sound sources by means of a reverberation chamber,  Acustica 34 (1976), pp. 275-280.

S9.  Acoustical  properties of complex cavities,  prediction  and measurement  of  the  resonance properties of  violin-shaped  and guitar-shaped cavities, Acustica 37 (1977), pp. 211-221.

S10.  Tone  characteristics of the violin,  Svensk Tidskrift  för Musikforskning, 60:1 (1978), pp. 83-105.

S11.  Long-time-average-spectra  and rated qualities of twentytwo violins (together with A.  Gabrielsson),  Acustica 42 (1979), pp. 47-55.

S12.   Analysis and assesssment of musical starting  transcients, Acustica 51  (1982), pp. 249-262 (together with H. Pollard).

S13. A tristimulus method of musical starting transients, Acustia 51 (1982), pp. 162-171  (together with H. Pollard).

S14. Eigenmodes, input admittance and the function of the violin, Acustica 50 (1982),  pp. 329 - 337 (together with J. Alonso Moral).

S15.  Sound  Levels  and  Long-Time Spectra Recorded  within  the Symphiny Orchestra and Risk Criteria for Hearing Loss,  Scandinaian Audiology 12 (1983), pp. 215-221 (together with K Karlsson).

S16.   Modal  Properties  of  Wooden  Plates  Determined  by  TV-Holography  and Electroacoustical Methods,  J Sound and Vibration 111 (1986), pp.115-124 (together wihg L Ek).

S17. Investigations into the Acoustical Properties of the Violin, Acustica 62 (1986), pp 1-15 (togeher with Bork and Meyer).

S18.  Parameters  of Violin Plates and Their Influence on  Violin Modes,  J  Acoust Soc Am 83 (1988),  pp.  281-291 (together  with Molin and Lindgren).

S19. From Touch to String Vibrations.I: Timing in the Grand Piano Action,  J  Acoust Soc Am  88 (1990),  pp.  52-63 (together  with Askenfelt).

S20.  Experiments  with  Violin  Plates  and  Different  Boundary Conditions, J Acoust Soc Am 85 (1989), pp. 68-77 (together with B Niewczyk).

S21.  Transient  Wave  Propagation in Wooden Plates  for  Musical Instruments,  J Acoust Soc Am 85 (1989),  pp. 2179-2184 (together with Molin).

S22.   Experiments  with  the  Violin  String  and  Bridge,  Appl Acoustics 30 (1990), pp. 133-146.

S23.  Transient wave response of the violin body, J Acoust Soc Am 88 (1990), pp. 2479-2481 (together with Molin and Wåhlin)

S24.  Transient wave response of the violin body revisited, J Acoust Soc Am 90 (1991), pp. 2192-2195 (together with Molin and Wåhlin)

S25. From Touch to String Vibrations.II: The motion of the key and hammer,  J  Acoust Soc Am  90 (1991),  pp. 2383-2393 (together  with Askenfelt).

S26. Acoustical measurements of qualityrated violins and a new measurement method, Acoust Australia 20 No.1 1992, pp.11-15

S27. Experiments on the construction and function of the violin , JCAS Nov 1992, pp 6-11 (together with B Niewczyk och Frydén).

S28 On Vibration Sensation and Finger Touch in Stringed Instrument Playing, Music Perception 9 (1992), pp. 311-350 (together with Askenfelt).

S29. From Touch to String Vibrations. III: String motion and spectra,  J  Acoust Soc Am  93 (19931),  pp. 2181-2195 (together with Askenfelt).

S30. Vibration modes of neck, scroll and fingerboard, JCAS Nov 1993, pp.10-14 (together with R Day).

S31. On eigenmodes of the violin - Electronic holography and admittance measurments, J Acoust Soc Am 95 (94), pp 1100-1105 (together with Molin and Saldner).

S32. Experiments with transiernt waves in a violin bridge, JCAS Nov 1994, pp. 24-27 (together with  Lindberg, Lindgren and Molin).

S33. Admittance Measurments of 25 High Quality Violins, Acustica united with Acta Acustica  83 (95), pp. 337-341

S34. Amittance Measurements of Higly Arched Violins, Acustica united with Acta Acustica  83 (95), pp. 571-574 (together with Benedykt Niewczyk)

S35. Vibration Modes of the Violin Forced via the Bridge and Action of the Soundpost, J Acoust Soc Am 100 (96), pp 1168-1177 (together with Molin and Saldner).

S36. On Body Resonance C3 and Violin Construcion, CASJ May 1997, pp. 9-14 (together with Niewczyk and Fryde'n).

S37. On the acoustics of the violin: Bridge or body hill ,  CASJ May 1999, pp. 23-27 (together with B Niewczyk).

S38. On operating deflection shapes of the violin body including in-plane motions, J Acoust Soc Am 107 (2000), pp 3452-3459 (together with Runnemalm and Molin).

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POPULAR  PAPERS
F1. Om strängarnas  och resonanslådans betydelse för fiolklangen, Slöjd och Ton, 1970,no. 1, 2, and 5.

F2.  Resonanser  i en violins lock och botten (together with N-E. Molin and H. Sundin), Slöjd och Ton, part 1, 1971, no. 6 and part 2, 1972, no. 1.

F3.  Om undersökningar av fioler,  Svensk Naturvetenskap  (1973), pp. 173-180.

F5. Om materialets, tjocklekens och fastsättningens betydelse för vibrationer i och ljudutstrålning från trä,  Slöjd och Ton no. 2, 1975 (this is the first part of the Technical Report,  March  15, 1975 from the Dept. of Speech Communication, KTH).

F6. Stradivarii gåta, Konsertnytt no. 13 and 14, 1975.

F7.  On  the  acoustics of musical insgtruments,  pp.  82-113  in Music,  Room,  Acoustics,  The   Royal Swedish Academy of  Music, Stockholm 1977.

F8.  On sound radiation of musical instruments,  pp.  154-164  in Music,  Room,  Acoustics,  The  Royal  Swedish Academy of  Music, Stockholm 1977.

F9.  Undersökningar  av  musikinstrumentens akustik - kan  de  ge något av nytta?, Musikrevy 33 (1978), pp. 20-21.

F11.  Från en undersöknikng av gitarrens ton,  kvalitet och akusiska egenskaper, Musikrevy 33  (1978), pp. 284-289.

F12.  Analyser  av fiol- och gitarrklang (together with  A.  Gabielsson) in Vår hörsel och musiken, pp. 47-77, The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm 1979.

F12.  Function and factors determining quality of the violin, pp. 204-208 in Sound Generation in Winds, Strings, Computers,  Publiation from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music no. 29, 1980.

F14.  Bättre  gitarrer till bättre pris.   Report from a research project, Musikrevy 35 (1980), pp. 308-313.

F15.  Recent violin research at KTH, pp. 229-245 in Sound Generaion in Winds,  Strings,  Computers,  Publication from the  Royal Swedish Academy of Music no.  29,  1980 (together with J.  Alonso Moral).

F16.  Musikakustik och gitarrens fysik,  Elementa 64 (1981),  pp. 61-67.

F17. Musiken, lyssnaren, instrumentet och rummet, in IFM Akustikyråns studiokurs "Projektering och användning av studiolokaler", 1981.

F18.  Acoustics for the Guitar Player,  pp.  7-26,  in  Function, Construction  and  Quality of the Guitar,   Publication from  the Royal Swedish Academy of Music no. 38, 1983.

F19.  Acoustics for the Guitar Maker,  pp.  27-50,  in  Function, Construction  and  Quality of the Guitar,   Publication from  the Royal Swedish Academy of Music no. 38, 1983.

F20. Acoustics of the Bronze Lur, proceedings from ICTM study group of Music Archeology, Stockholm 1984.

F21.  Do  Musicians of the Symphony Orchestra Become  Deaf?  in   Acoustics  for Choir and Orchestra,  Publication from  the  Royal Swedish  Academy of Music no.  52,  1986 (together with Axelsson, Karlsson and Olaussen).

F22.   Talrika  tangenter  och  bukiga  bottnar  - forskning  och fakta  om  piano och  fiol,  Naturvetenskapliga  forskningsrådets årsbok  88/89  Forska  på tvären,  pp  503-516  (together with Askenfelt).

F23.  Violinen och dess mekanik, Teknik och vetenskap, dec 1991, pp. 26-29 (together with
 N.-E. Molin

F24 Klangfärg och spjälstaket i Instrument och interpretation, skrift tillägnad Lars Frydén, KMA 76 (1993) pp. 59-68.

F25. Vad  har en Stradivarius som inte Svensson-fiolen har, pp. 6-10, Musica Vitae Musikliv spring 1995

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TECHNICAL PAPERS PUBLISHED IN STL-QPSR AND TMH-QPSR
(STL-QPSR  stands  for  Speech Transmission  Laboratory  Quarterly Progress  and Status Report, Department of Speech Communication and Music Acoustics, KTH, TMH-QPSR stands for Tal, Musik och Hörsel Quarterly Progress  and Status Report, Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH)

Q1.  Analogies  between  bowed string instruments and  the  human voice, source-filter models, STL-QPSR 3/1966.

Q2.  A comparison of acoustical measurements and hologram  intererometry  measurements of the vibrations of a guitar top  plate, STL-QPSR 2-3/1969 (final version S1).

Q3. An application of the STL-ionophone as a microphone (together with J. Sundberg), STL-QPSR 4/1969.

Q4.  On vibration modes of a violin top plate.   A study by holoram  interferometry (together with N-E.  Molin and H,.  Sundin), STL-QPSR 2-3/1970.

Q5.  Properties of the STL-ionophone (together with F. Fransson), STL-QPSR 2-3/1971 (final version S5).

Q6.  An investigation of a violin by laser speckle interferometry and acoustical measurements (final version S3).

Q7. Recent studies of wall and air resonances in the violin, STL-QPSR 4/1972.

Q8.  Long-time-average-spectra applied to analysis of music  (toether with J. Sundberg), STL-QPSR 4/1972 (final version S6).

Q9.  An  investigation of acoustical properties of the air cavity of the violin,  STL-QPSR 1/1973.

Q10.  Coupling  of string motions to top plate modes in a  guitar, STL-QPSR 4/1973.

Q11.  Organ stops analyzed by long-time-average-spectra (together 
with J. Sundberg), STL-QPSR 4/1973 (final version S7).

Q12.  Long-time-average-spectra in critical bands for analysis of complex  sound  sources  in reverberant  rooms,  STL-QPSR  1/1974 (final version S8).

Q13. An analysis of long-time-average-spectra of twentytwo qualiy-rated  violins (together with  A.  Gabrielsson),  STL-QPSR  2-3/1976 (final version S11).

Q14.  Long-time-average-spectra  of scales and spectra of  single tones  from a violin (together with J.  Alonso  Moral),  STL-QPSR 1/1978.

Q15.  Analysis and assessment of musical sounds,  STL-QPSR 4/1980 (together with H. Pollard)

Q16.  Eigenmodes,  inadmittance  and the function of the  violin, STL-QPSR  1/1981 (together with J.  Alonso Moral,  final  version S14).

Q17. Sound  Levels  and Long-Time Spectra  Recorded  within  the Symphony  Orchestra and Risk Criteria for Hearing Loss,  STL-QPSR 1/1982 (together with K Karlsson, final version S15).

Q18.  Input admittance,  eigenmodes, and quality of violins, STL-QPSR  2-3/1982,  (together with J. Alonso Moral).

Q19.  FEM-Analysis of an Orthotropic Shell to Determine  Material Parameters  of  Wood and Vibration Modes of Violin  Plates,  STL-QPSR 4/1984 (together with Molin, Tinnsten and Wiklund). 

Q20.   VibraVision  and  Electroacoustical  Methods  Applied   to Determine  Vibration  Properties  of Wooden "Blanks"  for  Violin Plates, STL-QPSR 4/1984, (together with L. Ek, final version S16).

Q21.  Experiments with Two Cylindrically Arched Spruce Plates and a Violin Top Plate, STL-QPSR 2-3 1985,  pp 57-76 (together with  J Niewczyk).

Q22. Parameters Influencing Eigenmodes of Violin Plates, STL-QPSR 1  1986,  pp  111-138  (together wih Molin  and  Lindgren,  final version S18).

Q23.  Experiments  with Violin Plates,  STL-QPSR 4 1987 pp  25-42 (together with B. Niewczyk, final version S20).

Q24.  From Touch to String Vibration - the Initial Course of  the Piano  Tone,   STL-QPSR  1  1988,   pp.   31-109  (together  with Askenfelt).

Q25.  Acoustics of the Steel Pan: Tone Generation and Tuning - an Introductory Study of Methods for Measurements,  STL-QPSR 4 1988, pp 59-73 (together with Kronman).

Q26.  On Deviating Results of Optical Hologram Interferometry and Modal Analysis of a Violin,  STL-QPSR 4/1989, pp. 45-52 (together with Molin).

Q27.  Violin Timbre and the Picket Fence,  STL-QPSR 2-3/1990, pp. 89-95.

Q28.  Temporal  Synthesis  of String Instrument  Tones,  STL-QPSR 4/1990, pp. 81-100 (together with Chaigne and Askenfelt).

Q29. On the influence of the neck on the guitar body vibrations, STL-QPSR 4/1991, pp. 11-18 (together with E. Meinel).

Q30. Eigenmodes and electronic holography of three violins, STL-QPSR 4/1993, pp. 1-6 (together with Molin and Saldner).

Q31. Timbre and properties of a violin, STL-QPSR 4/1993, pp. 7-14 (together with B Niewczyk and Frydén).

Q32. Violin Timbre and the Picket Fence - part III, STL-QPSR 4/1994, pp.79-84.

Q33. On the Body Resonance C3 and Its Relation to Top and Back Plate Stiffness, TMH-QPSR 1/1996 pp. 23-29, (together with B Niewczyk and Frydén).

Q34. On the function of the violin - vibration excitation and sound radiation, TMH-QPSR 4/1996 pp. 9-13.
 

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FURTHER TECHNICAL PAPERS
T1.  An  informal  preliminary report on the acoustics  of  brass instruments  bores  ,  Case Institute of  Technology,  Cleveland, Ohio, 1967,(together with A.H. Benade).

T2.  On the acoustics of the violin,  Proc.  of the International Musicological Society Eleventh Congress, Copenhagen 1972.

T3.  On  higher  air modes in the violin,  The Catgut  Acoustical Society Newsletter 19, 1973
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T4.  Long-time-average-spectra applied to analysis of music  (toether  with J.  Sundberg),  The Catgut Acoustical Society  Newsetter, 20, 1973 (also Q8, final version S6).

T5.  On  plane and spherical waves in horns with nonuniform flare (together with A.H.  Benade), Dept. of Speech Communication, KTH, Technical Report, March 15, 1973 (final verion S4).

T6.  Long-time-average-spectra  in critical bands for analysis of complex  sound sources in reverberant  rooms,  Catgut  Acoustical Society Newsletter 22, 1974(also Q12, final version S8).

T7.  A  pilot study on coupling between top plate and air  volume vibrations ,  The Catgut Acoustical Society Newsletter 21,  1974, (together with H. Sundin).

T8. Om materialets, tjocklekens och fastsättningens betydelse för vibrationer i och ljudutstrålning från trä,  Det.  of Speech Comunication, KTH, Technical Report, March 15, 1975

T9. En sammanställning av adjektiv karakteriserande upplevd klang från  fioler (together with A.  Gabrielsson),  CTM Report  4-1976 (Dept. of Speech Communication, KTH).

T10.  Long-time-average-spectra - tonal quality, pp. 51-54 in 14. Akusticka Konferencia Akustika Reci A Vnimarie Zvuku,  Bratislava 1976 (together with A. Gabrielsson).

T11. En förberedande undersökning för prövning av gitarrers akusiska  kvalitet.   CTM-Report 1-1977 (Dept.  of Speech Communicaion, KTH).

T12. An analysis of long-time-average-spectra of twentytwo qualiy-rated violins , Catgut Acoustical Society Newsletter (together with A. Gabrielsson), (also Q13, final version S 11).

T13.  Uppmätta materialegenskaper för lockämnen och  tonribbämnen till  gitarrer CTM-report 1-1978 (Dept.  of Speech Communication, KTH)

T14. Eigenmodes and the function of the violin  Catgut Acoustical Society Newsletter no.  34,  1980 (together with J. Alonso Moral, also Q15, final version S14).

T15.  Hovkapellet, Stockholmsfilharmonikerna och Radiosymfonikera.   Ljudnivåer och långtidsspektra registrerade i orkestern och riskkriterier för hörselskador.  Three preliminary reports (togeher with K. Karlsson), 1981.

T16.  Tal  och musik i rum.   En studie människa - lokalaspekter, final report to Statens råd för byggnadsforskning (together  with K.  Elenius,  I.  Karlsson,  F. Lundin, M. Blomberg, A. de Serpa-Leitao, and D. Stranneby), 1981

T17.   Fundamentals  of  the  Guitar  Tone,   Journal  of  Guitar Acoustics, No. 6 (1982), pp. 26 - 41.

T18.  Akustiska  mätningar vid placeringsprov med Stockholms filarmoniska orkester 83.09.27.

T19.  En undersökning av fem fria lock,  bottnar och  sammansatta violiner tillverkade av Carlo Hansen.

T20.  Experiment  med lock- och bottenämnen att bestämma  träets akustiska egenskaper (i samarbete med Carlo Hansen). 

T21.   VibraVision   and  Electroacoustical  Methods  Applied  to Determine Vibration Properties of Wooden Blanks,  J Catgut Acoust Soc. 44 (1985) pp 16 - 22 (together with Ek).

T22. A Violinmaker's Practical Test of Wood Properties Suggested from FEM-analysis of an Orthotropic Shell, J Catgut Acoust Soc 46 (1986, pp. 24-29 (tillsammans med Molin, Tinnsten och Wiklund)

T23. Acoustics of the Violin - on Making, Function and Playing, J Acoust Soc India, 17 (1-2) 1989.

T24.  Experiments with Free Violin Plates,  J Catgut Acoust Soc 1 No 2 1988 pp 2-6 (together Alonso and J Niewzcyk).

T25.  On Tuning of Free Violin Plates, J Catgut Acoust Soc 1 No 3 1989, pp 27-30 (together with N.-E. Molin).

T26. On Tuning of the Violin Bridge,  J Catgut Acoust Soc no 6 1 1990, pp. 11-15 (together with Fryde'n and Mattsson).

T27. Zum Einfluss des Hlases auf die Schwingungen des Gitarrenkorpus, Das Musikinstrument 41 No 8 (1992) pp 48-52 (together with E Meinel)

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CONGRESS PAPERS
C1.  Spherical-wave approximation in horns:   Measured and calcuated,  75th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 1968, (together with A.H. Benade).

C2.  Resonanser i en violinkorpus.   En undersökning med holograisk interferometri ,  Nordiska Musikforskarkongressen,  Helsinki and Åbo, 1970, (together with N-E. Molin).

C3.  Svängningsmoder  i  en violinkorpus studerade med  hjälp  av holografisk interferometri, The Acoustical Society of Scandinavia meeting, Copenhagen 1970 (together with N-E. Molin).

C4.  STL-Jonofonen som mikrofon och hastighetsmätare, The Acoustcal  Society of Scandinavia meeting,  Copenhagen 1970  (together with F. Fransson).

C5.The  STL-ionophone transducer ,  7th International Congress on Acoustics, Budapest 1971 (together with F. Fransson).

C6.  An investigation of a violin by hologram interferometry  and electroacoustical measurements  ,  7th International Congress  on Acoustics,  Budapest  1971  (together  with  N-E.  Molin  and  H. Sundin).

C7. The STL-ionophone transducer , 84th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 1972 (together with F. Fransson).

C8.  Recent studies of wall and air resonances of a violin,  84th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 1972. 

C9.  Current projects on the acoustics of the violin,  Conference on the Acoustics of String Instruments, Montclair, NJ, USA 1972.

C8.  Coupling between top plate and air volume vibrations, Catgut Acoustical  Society International Symposium on Violin  Acoustics, Mittenwald, BRD 1974. 

C9.  On long-time-average-spectra applied to analysis of stringed instruments, Catgut Acoustical Society International Symposium on Violin Acoustics, Mittenwald, BRD 1974. 

C10.  Long-time-average-spectra  used  for analysis  of  violins, Catgut Acoustical Society,  Technical Conference,  Montclair, NJ, USA 1976. 

C11.  On relations between wood parameters and bending vibrations of wood,  Catgut Acoustical Society,  Technical Conference, Montlair, NJ, USA 1976. 

C12.  Acoustical  properties of violin-shaped  and  guitar-shaped cavities,  Catgut Acoustical Society, Technical Conference, Montlair, NJ, USA 1976.

C13. Function and tonal quality of string instruments, Acoustical Society of America Meeting 1976.

C14.  Inharmonic  mechanical oscillators and acoustical  analysis (LTAS) and quality assessments of violins,  IRCAM seminar, Baden-Baden, BRD 1976.

C15.  Long-time-average-spectra - tonal quality (together with A. Gabrielson),  XIVth Conf.  on Acoustics:  Acoustics of Speech and Perception of Sounds, High Tatras, Chechoslovakia 1976.

C16.  Tone  characteristics  of the violin,  Second  Workshop  on Physical  and Neuropsychological Foundations of  Music,  Ossiach, Austria 1977.

C17. Eigenmodes and the function of the violin ,  Workshop on the Acoustics  of Stringed Musical Instruments,  Wollongong Australia 1980 (together with J. Alonso Moral).

C18.  Frequency responses and played tones of guitars ,  Workshop on  the  Acoustics of Stringed  Musical  Instruments,  Wollongong  Australia 1980 (together with C. Caldersmith).

C19. Analysis and assessment of musical sounds ,  Workshop on the Acoustics of Stringed Musical Instruments,  Wollongong  Australia 1980 (together with H. Pollard).

C20.  Analysis  and assessment of musical sounds  ,  10th  Interational Congress on Acoustics,  Sydney, Australia 1980,(together with H. Pollard).

C21.  Acoustics for the guitarplayer,  in Guitar Acoustics. Funcion,  Quality, Music and Construction, The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm 1981.

C22.  Acoustics for the guitarmaker,  in Guitar Acoustics.  Funcion,  Quality, Music and Construction, The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Musikakustiska nämnden, Stockholm 1981.

C23.  Tone  characteristics of the violin,  Catgut Acoustical Soiety Iternational Conference on Musical Acoustics,  DeKalb,  USA 1982.

C24.  Modes of vibration in the violin, Catgut Acoustical Society Iternational  Conference  on  Musical  Acoustics,   DeKalb,   USA 1982.

C25.  Fundamentals of the guitar tone,  103rd meeting  Acoustical Society of America 1982.

C26.  Eigenmodes and quality of violins, 103rd meeting Acoustical Society of America 1982 (together with J Alonso Moral).

C27. Piano touch, hammer action, and string motion, 103rd meeting Acoustical Society of America 1982 (together with A Askenfelt).

C28. Pianoanslag, hammarens och strängens rörelse, Nordiska Akusiska sällskapet, Stockholm 1982 (together with A Askenfelt). 

C29.  Egenmoder och violiners kvalitet,  Nordiska Akustiska sällkapet, Stockholm 1982 (together with J Alonso Moral).

C30.  Är det farligt att vara  symfoniorkestermusiker?,  Nordiska Akustiska sällskapet, Stockholm 1982 (together with K. Karlsson).

C31.  Piano  Touch,  Hammer  Action  and  String  Motion,  poster Stockholm  Music  Acoustics  Conference 1983  (together  with  A. Askenfelt).

C32.  The  Function of the Violin Body - What the Physicist  does not know! Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference 1983

C33.  Quality  Properties  of  Violins  and  Their  Measurements, Acoustic  of Musical Instruments and Its Constructional  Aspects, Kraslice,  Czechoslovakia  6-9  September 1983 (together with  J. Alonso Moral).

C34.  Piano Touch,  Hammer Action and String Motion,  Acoustic of Musical  Instruments  and Its Constructional  Aspects,  Kraslice, Czechoslovakia 6-9 September 1983 (together with A. Askenfelt).

C35.  From Touch to String Vibrations - The Initial Course of  The Piano  Tone,  113 Meeting of Acoust Soc Am maj 1987  (tillsammans med Askenfelt).

C36.  From Twenty Years of Violin Acoustics Research,  115 Meeting Acoust Soc Am, maj 1988.

C37.  Optical Modal Analysis compared Modal Analysis with Digital Electronic  Equipment,  116 Meeting of the Acoust Soc Am november 1988 (tillsammans med 
Molin)

C38.  Acoustics of the Violin - on Making,  Function and Playing, Raman Centenary Symposium on Acoustics,  Bangalore Indien oktober 1988.

C39. On the Acoustics of the Violin Body, International Symposium on Musical Acoustics , augusti 1989, Mittenwald Västtyskland.

C40.  From Free Plates to Assembled Violin,  13 Int Congr Acoust, Belgrad sept 1989 

C41.  High  Frequency Properties of the Violin,  28 Acoust  Conf, Strbske Pleso Tjeckoslovakien, oktober 1989.

C42. Acoustics of the violin as function of its parts, ASA 121 Meeting, Baltimore, 1991

C43. Numerical and physical experiments on hammer and piano strings (tillsammans med  Chaigne och  Askenfelt), ASA 121 meeting, Baltimore 1991.

C44. Experiments on the construction and function of the violin ,- CASA-´91, Annapolis 1991.

C45. Vibration levels and finger forces in string instrument playing , CASA-´91, Annapolis 1991 (tillsammans med Askenfelt)

C46. Eigenmodes and electronic holography of three violins, Stockholm Music Acoust Conf 1993, (tillsammans med Molin och Saldner).

C47. Timbre and properties of a violin, Stockholm Music Acoust Conf 1993,
(tillsammans med B Niewczyk och Frydén).

C48.  Vibration Sensations in Playing Stringed Instruments, ASA spring meeting 1994 (together with Askenfelt).

C49. Vibrations in violins with tuned fingerboards, Acoust Soc Am 1994 spring meeting (tillsammans med Askenfelt)

C50. Violin Timbre and the Picket Fence - Part III, 127th meeting ASA Boston, June 1994

C51. Measurments of the Sound Distribution from Vibration Modes of a Violin Using Reciprocity and Electronic Holography, ISMA'’5 Dourdan, France (together with Saldner and Molin)

C52  The Bassbar and the Quality of a Violin, ISMA'’5 Dourdan, France(together with Niewczyk and Frydén)

C53. Body Resonance C3 and Tonal Quality of a Vioolin, NAM96’ Helsinki, Finland (together with Niewczyk and Frdén).

C54. On the acoustical function of the violin, 25th National Congress of the Italian Acoustical Society, 1997 Perugia

C55. Mobility at the violin bridge and bridge properties (together with Niewczyk and Frydén) ISMA’97 (International symposium on musical acoustics, Edinburgh, proceddings Institute of Acoustics Vol 19:5, pp. 17-21).

C56. Starting transients in violins and the elusive body resonance C3 (together with Askenfelt) ISMA’97 ( Proceddings Institute of Acoustics Vol 19:5, pp. 131-135).

C57. Transient response of the violin body when impacted at a string (together with Molin, Schedin, and Gren) ISMA’97 (Proceddings Institute of Acoustics Vol 19:5, pp. 23-28).

C58. Influence of top and back plate stiffness on low frequency modes of the violin (in cooperation with C and B Hansen, B Niewczyk, and L. Frydén) 31st Interntional Acoustical Conference. Tatras, Slovakien 1997, invited paper)

C59. On the function of the violin bridge (in cooperation with B Niewczyk)  16 Int Congr Acoust, Berlin 1999 invited paper

C60. Violin quality and bridge mobility (invited paper) 16 Int Congr Acoust, Berlin 1999 invited paper

C61. The BH-peak of the violin and its relation to construcyion and function (in cooperation with B Niewczyk and L Frydén) 17 Int Congr Acoust, Rome 2001 invited paper

C62. Prediction of Violin Radiation properties in the 200-700 Hz range (in cooperation with LH Morset and K Guettler) Int Symp Musical Acoustics, Perugia 2001

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