String instruments are complex mechanical vibrating systems, in terms of both structure and
fluid–structure interaction. Here, a review study of the modeling and simulation of stringed …

In this manuscript, we describe a novel methodology for nearfield acoustic holography
(NAH). The proposed technique is based on convolutional neural networks, with …

We investigated the material properties of Cremonese soundboards using a wide range of
spectroscopic, microscopic, and chemical techniques. We found similar types of spruce in …

One of the biggest challenges in guitar-making is consistency: even though two guitars are
made of the same tree, with the same geometry and manufactured with exactly the same …

The Manta-Ray Foraging Optimization has been adapted and implemented in computing
model parameters from potential field anomalies originating from two-dimensional dipping …

Featured Application The use of mechanical metamaterials in musical instruments could be
an excellent way to engineer the wood of the instrument to obtain a particular sound …

The acoustical properties of wood are primarily a function of its elastic properties. Numerical
and analytical methods for wood material characterization are available, although they are …

An integrated method, which combines Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry, impulse
response measurements, finite element method simulations, and psychoacoustic tests, is …

In the present work, we had the opportunity to study the coating systems of three different
coeval violins, namely “Spagnoletti”,“Stauffer”, and “Principe Doria”, made by Giuseppe …

Featured Application Physics-informed quality assessment of a stringed musical instrument.
Abstract Comparing violins requires competence and involves both subjective and objective …