Demonstrating vibrations of musical instruments by use of modal analysis
Uwe J. Hansen, Thomas D. Rossing · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1990
Modal analysis using impact excitation has been used to study the dynamical behavior of a wide variety of structures from B747 airplanes to handbells. Some modes of vibration of several musical instruments, including a guitar, a handbell, a Caribbean steel drum, a snare drum, and a piano soundboard, will be demonstrated on videotape.