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| 1.01 | Vibration of stretched wires (with R.S. Shankland) [135 KB, DjVu], Journal of the Franklin Institute, (September 1937). Reprinted in Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments, edited by Earle L.Kent. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross (1977). |
| 1.02 | Resonance and sounding frequencies of the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 40(1):99-107 (July 1966). |
| 1.03 | Sounding mechanism of the flute and organ pipe, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 44(4):983-992 (October 1968). Reprinted in Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments, edited by Earle L.Kent. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross (1977). |
| 1.04 | Acoustics of the flute, Physics Today, 21(11):25-32 (November 1968). Reprinted in Physics of Music (1988). Included in Physics Teachers CD-ROM Toolkit (1993). |
| 1.05 | Sound radiation from the mouth of an organ pipe, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 46(2, part 2):477 (August 1969). |
| 1.06 | Effect of material on flute tone quality [521 KB, PDF], Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 49(2, part 2):520-523 (1971). |
| 1.07 | Acoustics of the flute, parts I and II, The Instrumentalist, Vol. XXIV, No. 6 and 7 (January and February 1972). |
| 1.08 | Material used in flute construction [275 KB, PDF], Woodwind World, 12(1):20-21 (February 1973). |
| 1.09 | Mouth resonance effects in the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 54:417 (1973). Reprinted in Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments, edited by Earle L.Kent. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross (1977). |
| 1.10 | The intonation of antique and modern flutes, Parts 1-4, The Instrumentalist, Vol. XXIX, No. 5, (1974-1975). |
| 1.11 | Fifty flutists play one flute, Woodwind World, (March 1976). |
| 1.12 | Flute scales, pitch and intonation, The Instrumentalist, (May 1976). |
| 1.13 | Jet drive mechanisms in edge tones and organ pipes, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 60(3) (September 1976). |
| 1.14 | A new C# for the Boehm flute, The Instrumentalist, (May 1977). |
| 1.15 | Tuning wind instruments, Booklet produced for distribution in schools by C.G. Conn, Ltd, Oak Brook, Illinois. Revised and enlarged by John W. Coltman, 1977, 12 pp. |
| 1.16 | Acoustical analysis of the Boehm flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 65(2):499-506 (1979). |
| 1.17 | Book Review, Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments (edited by Earle L.Kent), Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, V-VI:200 (1979-1980). |
| 1.18 | Momentum transfer in jet excitation of flute-like instruments, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 69(4):1164-1168 (1981). |
| 1.19 | Book Review, The Practical Acoustics of Early Woodwinds (Herbert Myers) and La Flute Traversier a Une Clef (M. Castellengo et al), Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, VIII:105 (1982). |
| 1.20 | Theobald Boehm and the scale of the modern flute, Journal of the American Musical Society, IX:89-111 (1983). |
| 1.21 | Enhanced sound power from a recurved flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75(5):1642-1643 (May 1984). |
| 1.22 | Observations on the high E, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association, Vol. X, No. 2 (Winter 1984). |
| 1.23 | Some flute myths as seen by a scientist, The Flute Forum, Elkhart, Indiana (Summer 1985). |
| 1.24 | Role of the headjoint in flute intonation [79 KB, DjVu], Flute Notes, London, (1985). |
| 1.25 | Book Review, Elements D'Acoustique Musicale et Instrumental (Victor Charles Mahillon) [117 KB, DjVu], Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, XI:179-182 (1985). |
| 1.26 | Questions and answers on flute acoustics, The Flutist Quarterly,
National Flute Association. 1.26a XIV(2):72 (Spring 1989). 1.26b XIV(5):63 (Winter 1989). 1.26c XV(3):48 (Summer 1990). |
| 1.27 | Mode stretching and harmonic generation in the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 88(5) (November 1990). |
| 1.28 | Some observations on the piccolo, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association, Vol. XV, No. 5 (Winter 1990). |
| 1.29 | Time domain simulation of the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92(1):69-73 (July 1992). |
| 1.30 | Jet behavior in the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92(1):74-83 (1992). |
| 1.31 | Headjoint acoustics - A comparison, The Woodwind Quarterly, Issue 1, pp. 8-13 (May 1993). |
| 1.32 | Acoustical losses in the Boehm flute, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association, XIX(1):37-41 (Fall 1993). |
| 1.33 | Charles "Teach'em" Howe and the Howe model flute, Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol.XXII, No. 3 (October 1993). |
| 1.34 | Book Review, Tuning: Containing the Perfection of 18th Century Temperament... (Owen H. Jorgensen). Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol. XIX, pp. 105-109 (1993). |
| 1.35 | Designing the scale of the Boehm flute [2.1 MB, PDF], The Woodwind Quarterly, Issue 4, pp. 24-41 (February 1994). |
| 1.36 | Acoustical losses of bassoon pads (with James Parker), The Double Reed (Journal of the International Double Reed Society), pp. 43-45 (Winter 1994). |
| 1.37 | Just noticeable differences in timbre of the flute, Catgut Acoustical Society Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Series II) (May 1996). |
| 1.38 | The influence of mode spacing on the sound of early flutes, The Woodwind Quarterly, Issue 13 (Fall 1996). |
| 1.39 | Properties of woodwind instrument bores, The Woodwind Quarterly, Issue 14, 1997. |
| 1.40 | Flute intonation in performance, The Flutist Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, No. 1 (Fall 1998). |
| 1.41 | Acoustical losses in flute pads [3.4 MB, PDF] The Journal of Musical Instrument Technology, Issue 23 (Spring 2003). |
| 1.42 | Acoustical losses in wet instrument bores. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114(3) September 2003. |
| 1.43 | Jet offset, harmonic content, and warble in the flute. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(4):2312-2319, October 2006. |
| 1.44 | Acoustic properties of miter bends. [188 KB, PDF] Unpublished, December 2006. |
| 1.45 | Compensating for miter bends in cylindrical tubing. [45 KB, PDF] Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(3):2497-2498, May 2007. |
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