The Enhancement of Music by Reverberation
Daniel W. Martin · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1954
The tones of traditional musical instruments such as the grand piano and the pipe organ are generally heard through the medium of room acoustics. Some effects of natural room reverberation upon organ and piano tones will be described, and demonstrated by means of magnetic tape recordings. Simple electroacoustic means (described in paper number H-6) for simulation of reverberation in the playing of music in a nonreverberant environment will also be demonstrated.