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THE design of brass instruments has always been a largely heuristic procedure. Recently, however, a knowledge of the acoustic impedance of the instrument has been used to correct faulty intonation in a trumpet1. Here we demonstrate how such knowledge may be used to improve both the timbre and the responsiveness (or ‘feel’) of a bass trombone.
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PRATT, R., BOWSHER, J. & SMITH, R. Improving the timbre and responsiveness of a bass trombone. Nature 271, 146–147 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/271146a0
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