Colin Gough

This site lists and provides links to research papers and more popular articles on the science and sounds of the violin and related instruments - the viola, cello and double bass- published by Colin Gough, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham, UK, a staff member at the annual Violin Society of America's Violin Acoustics Workshop at Oberlin. Maker of virtual violins and violin and viola player. 

Hopefully, selected articles will be of interest to:

• violin makers

• amateur and professional researchers/acousticians

• players of stringed instruments 

• college students undertaking projects on musical instruments

• anyone interested in how musical instruments produce their sounds

 An introduction to the acoustics of string, wind, brass and percussion instruments and the anatomy and perception of musical sounds is also included as a downloadable e-book.