Photographer Charles Brooks offers a rare glimpse into the interiors of musical instruments in this series. Whether stringed, wind, or percussion, an instrument’s unseen interior structure creates the acoustic resonance Keep reading
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Airflow in the Opera
Like so many other performers, the singers and musicians of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House were left without a way to safely perform when the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began in early Keep reading
Leaky Resonance
Some resonators aren’t perfect — nor are they meant to be! Here, researchers experiment with resonance using a disk shaking up and down over a pool of water. The disk Keep reading
Buzzing Straws
Many woodwind instruments owe their sound to the vibration caused when air moves past parts of them. As Nick Moore demonstrates in this video, you can create a simple version Keep reading