Relation of Air-Column Resonances to Sound Spectra Produced by Wind Instruments
A. H. Benade · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1966
Tonal spectra of wind instruments are sometimes estimated using passive-filter theory, or the principle of linear superposition. Experiments are described that illustrate the inadequacy of such calculations. Small changes in air-column frequencies and of the damping of these resonances can lead to large changes in the generated sound spectrum.