Bill Allen is an engineer in his other life. He’s a past Guild author and a fourteen-year member, too. Bill has since passed away
▪ bio current as of 1988
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Tuning Air Resonance
1988
AL#13 p.10 BRB2 p.6
W.D. Allen
▪ Allen shows how changing the internal air resonance of the violin can change the performance of the instrument, and claims that this variable applies to any stringed instrument. With many charts (including Allen’s hula-dancing molecules), graphs, and 2 photos.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
Basics of Air Resonance
1985
AL#1 p.16 BRB1 p.8 read this article
W.D. Allen
▪ Allen attempts to introduce the nonphysicist to useful concepts of resonance including standing waves, captured air mass, and soundhole size. Illustrated with the author’s own sometimes-whimsical drawings, the article aims at preparing luthiers to understand heavier fare on the physics of musical instruments.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.