Designs of valve systems to improve intonation such as those for 'compensating' and 'full double' instruments are described. The chapter concludes with a note on how instruments are assembled and can be finished by electroplating or lacquering....
This is the Yamaha Corporation [Musical Instrument Guide] website. This article contains information about the Electri guitar [How the Electric Guitar is Made:Even electric guitars are made from wood!]
Well, in the last few decades,neuroscientists have made enormous breakthroughsin understanding how our brains work by monitoring them in real timewith instruments like fMRI and PET scanners.When people are hooked up to these machines...
One of the most difficult decisions I've ever made was choosing which college to attend. It was a decision that would shape my future and determine the course of my career. I had received acceptance letters from several prestigious universities, each with its own unique strengths and opportunit...
These original instruments helped to set the standards to which guitars are constructed today. Namely, that guitars should feature strings to produce sounds, a hollow body to enhance the sound, and a neck designed to alter the notes made by the strings. Thus, we have the foundation of guitar...
: the practical and often unpleasant or messy aspects of a process that are usually not made public You would think that being on set, and seeing how the sausage is made, would take the magic away for Mr. McClay. Adam Epstein Both new chairs of their chambers' respective Defense ...
Len Solomon has been making instruments out of random objects for over 30 years. He's performed as a one-man-band all over the world, and The Majestic Bellowphone is perhaps his DIY novelty masterpiece. Check out Len Solomon's YouTube channel at https://
School children in the early grades are often asked to make musical instruments as part of units on music or science. In music the objective in making instruments is usually focused on creativity, while in science the objective of the lesson may be concentrated on how sounds are made. In eit...
As trumpets, trombones, horns, tubas and the other brass instruments are made up of lots of different parts, it’s best to dismantle them and wrap each part separately. Cover and tape each part with plenty of bubble wrap as protection, then put them directly into the packing crate...
These descriptions are only meant to offer some insight on what types of mouthpieces tend to go with what instruments, and there are of course many other possible combinations in addition to these. A horn player should decide what combination is right by going to a shop and trying out differ...