The Acoustics of Violin Plates
The Acoustics of Violin Plates
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小提琴板的声学特性
DOI：
10.1038/scientificamerican1081-170
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发表时间：
1981
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
C. Hutchins
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作者：
C. Hutchins
音乐界最大的谜团之一是，过去几个世纪的著名小提琴制作者，显然对他们的乐器的物理和声学只有一点实用的知识，他们是如何制作出至今仍因其音色之美而备受珍视的小提琴的。大约30年来，我们在一个名为Catgut声学学会的组织中组成了一个小而世界性的小组，他们将现代方法应用于小提琴和其他弦乐器的物理和声学研究。大约20年前，我在这里描述了这项工作的早期阶段[参见Carleen Maley Hutchins的《小提琴物理学》；科学美国人，1962年11月]。现在，这项工作已经取得了进展，在组装成乐器之前，可以对小提琴的顶部和后部板（“腹部”和“背部”）的支撑特性进行大量的说明。此外，在这些发现的基础上，有可能构建小提琴和小提琴家族的其他成员始终具有良好的音色和演奏品质。
One of the great mysteries of music is how the renowned violinmak ers of past centuries, apparently having had no more than a practical knowledge of the physics and acoustics of their instrument, could turn out vio lins that are still cherished today for the beauty of their sound. For some 30 years a small but worldwide group of us in an organization named the Catgut Acoustical Society have applied modern methods to the study of the physics and acoustics of violins and other stringed instruments. I described the early stages of the work in these pages nearly 20 years ago [see" The Physics of Violins," by Carleen Maley Hutchins; SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, November, 1962]. Now the work has progressed to the point where a good deal can be said about the prop erties of the top and back plates (the" belly" and the" back") of a violin be fore they are assembled into an instru ment. Moreover, it is possible on the ba sis of these findings to construct violins and other members of the violin family with consistently fine tone and playing qualities.