College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
3D22.10 - Violin
- Paul Hewitt, "Figuring Physics: Answer to October 2015 Figuring Physics Question", TPT, Vol. 53, #8, Nov. 2015, p. 499.
- Edward S. Ginsberg, "Figuring Violin Strings", TPT, Vol. 39, #6, Sept. 2001, p. 325.
- Paul Hewitt, "Figuring Physics", TPT, Vol. 39, #3, Mar. 2001, p. 148.
- Chris Waltham, "A Balsa Violin", AJP, Vol. 77, #1, Jan. 2009, p. 30.
- Gabriel Weinreich, "Klopsteg Memorial Lecture (August, 1992): What Science Knows About Violins - And What it Does Not Know", AJP, Vol. 61, #12, Dec. 1993, p. 1067.
- Guy Vandegrift, "Experimental Study of the Helmholtz Resonance of a Violin", AJP, Vol. 61, #5, May 1993, p. 415.
- E. Brock Dale, "Demonstration of the Effect of Altering the Cavity Resonance of a Violin", AJP, Vol. 47, #2, Feb. 1979, p. 201.
- M. McIntyre and J. Woodhouse, "The Acoustics of Stringed Musical Instruments", Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Vol. 3, #2, 1987, p. 157.
- Jearl Walker, "3.35, Flashing Brilliance of a Violin", The Flying Circus of Physics, p. 161.
- Guinness World Record, "Most Valuable Violin", 2003, p. 125.
- Guinness World Record, "Most Valuable Cello", 2003, p. 125.
- Chuck Squatriglia, "The Song of the Immortal Violin", Popular Science, Winter 2019, p. 56.
- Julius Sumner Miller, Q19 & A19, Millergrams I – Some Enchanting Questions for Enquiring Minds, p. 24 & 83.
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