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MUSICAL sounds have their origin in the vibrations of material systems. In many case, e.g. the pianoforte, the vibrations are free, and are then necessarily of short duration. In other cases, e.g. organ pipes and instruments of the violin class, the vibrations are maintained, wliich can only happen when the vibrating body is in connection with a source of energy capable of compensating the loss caused by friction and generation of aërial waves. The theory of free vibrations is tolerably complete, but the explanations hitherto given of maintained vibrations are generally inadequate, and in most cases altogether illusory.
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RAYLEIGH THE EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN ACOUSTICAL PHENOMENA 1 . Nature 18, 319–321 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018319a0
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