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Silbermann Organ Listing
Great site! Has all the known Silbermann organs listed with condition and location. How vast his influence must have been!
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Alien Travel Guide: Elements of Music the Basics
Fine site created for Canadian schools devoted to basic elements of music, including pitch, acoustics, time signatures, keys, and rhythm.
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The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions
The title is misleading, for a reason! The site consists of tips, ideas and plans about instruments and sound. The site also serves as a "museum" for photos and audio/video clips of kids' homemade instruments from around the nation.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Musical Images
Students are introduced to the concept of the image of music. After listening to a song, they draw images of it by deciding where different musical instruments were placed during recording. They further investigate audio engineering by...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: String Telephones
Students investigate how sound travels through string and air. First, they analyze the sound waves with a paper cup attached to a string. Then, they combine the string and cup with a partner to model a string telephone. Finally, they are...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Form vs. Function
Students model and design the sound environment for a room. They analyze the sound performance of different materials that represent wallpaper, thick curtains, and sound-absorbing panels. Then, referring to the results of their analysis,...
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Teach Engineering: To Absorb or Reflect, That Is the Question
This is the last of five sound lessons, and it introduces acoustics as the science of studying and controlling sound. Learners learn how different materials reflect and absorb sound.
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Acoustical Society of America
This is the home of the Society of Acoustical engineers. The site includes links to jobs, education, publications, etc. Very good resource for the student that may be wondering what acoustical engineers do.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Architecture for Acoustics
A physics tutorial on designing an auditorium and solving the problem of sound reflection. Illustrated.
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Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Non Focusing Surfaces
This hypertext physics course tutorial on nonfocusing surfaces relates various design principles to good auditorium design. Illustrated.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Interference of Sound
Information about the interference of sound and its causes. Well-illustrated and good explanations of the concepts; part of a large hyper-textbook on various physics concepts.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: The Place Theory
An indexing page for an elaborate and in-depth hyper-textbook on various physics topics. This page indexes several others which pertain to human ability to perceive sound and recognize pitch. Introduces and explains Place Theory.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Sound Propagation
This page and the many pages which are indexed to focus on the behaviors of sound which characterize it as a wave. Reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction and more are clearly illustrated and explained.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Reverberation
A tutorial from a hypertext physics course book that discusses reverberation. Illustrated.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Diffraction of Sound
This site's entry is a discussion of diffraction and its application to acoustics and acoustical design. Exceptional illustrations and great discussion throughout.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Refraction of Sound
A discussion of refraction and its application to sound waves. Using analogies, graphics and real-life applications, this page and those that accompany it explain why and when sound waves bend.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Sound and Hearing
Home page for a hypertext course on physics. Accesses a range of topics from hearing to sound measurement to sound propoation to musical instruments.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Brass Instruments
Understand the science of sound when performing with a brass instrument such as a trumpet or a trombone.
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University of California: Acoustics for Music
A discussion of the acoustical features of a room and their effects upon the perception of sound. Topics such as absorption, reflection, and reverberation are clearly discussed and cleverly illustrated.
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Quiet Product Design Noise Control for Industrial Equip.
This site discusses the problem associated with industrial noise and machinery-based noise. Explains the issues involved in noise reduction and the establishment of an acoustically pleasant environment.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Barkhausen Effect
The Barkhausen effect makes the concept of magnetic domains audible (if not exactly music to the ear).
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Crafty Seals Follow Tracking Device Signals
Article reports on seals who have learned how to use tracking devices that monitor fish migration to hunt for fish.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Controlling Sound
In this activity, students use a variety of materials to design and create headphones that absorb sound.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sound Extenders
In this lesson, young scholars are introduced to communications engineers as people who enable long-range communication. In the lesson demonstration, students discuss the tendency of sound to diminish with distance and model this...