Acoustics of Organ Pipes and Future Trends in the Research

Authors

  • Judit Angster Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP
  • Péte Rucz Budapest University of Technology and Economics https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-8357
  • András Miklós Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/ingenierias24.90-13

Keywords:

Organ pipes, acoustics of the organ pipes

Abstract

Scientific explanations for having a better understanding of the operation of pipe organs, and revision of some common beliefs regarding their building, seeking to improve this art, are presented in this work.

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Author Biographies

Judit Angster, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

She is a physicist and has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute of Building Physics IBP in Stuttgart, Germany, since 1992. She established and has been head of the Research Group of Musical  Acoustics/Photoacoustics. She lectures on acoustics at the University of Stuttgart and the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Her research activities are focused on musical acoustics, music and room, pipe organ acoustics, and photoacoustics. She organizes organ acoustics workshops as an international advanced training for organ builders and organ experts. She comes from the well-known organ builder family Angster.

Péte Rucz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

He is an electrical engineer whose main interests are musical and numerical acoustics and digital signal
processing. He obtained his diploma (MS) and PhD in electrical engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.Currently, Péter is a researcher at the Laboratory of Acoustics and Studio Technologies at the same university.

András Miklós, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

He is a physicist whose main interests are photoacoustics, musical acoustics, and theoretical and solidstate acoustics. He was a senior scientist at the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. He has been director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Applied Acoustics in Stuttgart, Germany, since 2003. Since 1986, he has carried out pipe organ research with Judit Angster and has taken part in the international advanced training courses at the Fraunhofer Institute of Building Physics IBP in Stuttgart, Germany.

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2021-01-30

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Angster, J., Rucz, P., & Miklós, A. (2021). Acoustics of Organ Pipes and Future Trends in the Research. Revista Ingenierías, 24(90), 27–40. https://doi.org/10.29105/ingenierias24.90-13

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Vol. 24 No. 90 (2021): Enero-Junio 2021

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