Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments

Contents

• Handbook of materials for percussion instruments
• Chapter 0 Preface
• PART 1 Percussion instruments, their classification and their sound
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Organology of percussion instruments and patents
• Chapter 3 About the sound of percussion instruments
• Chapter 4 Experimental methodology for acoustical properties of percussion instruments
• PART 2 Structural parts of the Instruments
• Chapter 5 The membranophones - timpani, drums, tambourine
• Chapter 6 The Idiophones made of wood played with mallets - marimba, xylophone
• Chapter 7 The metallic idiophones played with mallets- vibraphone, glockenspiel
• Chapter 8 The struck idiophones played with mallets -gong, tam-tam, cymbal, chimes, triangle, plate
• Chapter 9 The mallets
• Chapter 10 Other Struck idiophone- the church bell, carillon
• Chapter 11 Idiophones with keyboard - celesta
• Chapter 12 The Concussion Idiophones - castanets, woodblocks
• Chapter 13 New Percussion instruments
• PART 3 Properties of Materials
• Chapter 14 Properties of wood for percussion instruments
• Chapter 15 Properties of metallic alloys for percussion instruments
• Chapter 16 Properties of leather for percussion instruments
• Chapter 17 Properties of new materials for percussion instruments
• PART 4 Maintenance and conservation of percussion instruments
• Chapter 18 Care and maintenance of percussion instruments
• Chapter 19 Conservation of percussion instrument
• Chapter 20 Patents