The Mathematics of Musical Instruments
Rachel Wells Hall, Krešimir Josić́ · American Mathematical Monthly · 2001
1. INTRODUCTION The history of musical instruments goes back tens of thousands of years. Fragments of bone flutes and whistles have been found at Neanderthal sites. Recently, a 9,000-year-old flute found in China was shown to be the world’s oldest playable instrument (pictures and a recording of this flute are available at