Tom Rossing is a professor of physics at Nothern Illinois University. He is a textbook author, research physicist, and lecturer.
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Sound Radiation from Guitars
1988
AL#16 p.40 BRB2 p.144
Tom Rossing
▪ Charts, graphs, drawings, and formulae bulk up this in-depth scientific examination of how a guitar makes noise.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
The G-String Market
1988
AL#15 p.62
Tom Rossing
▪ This is a humorous comparison of a G string force waveform to a Dow Jones Industrial Average graph.
Letter to the Editor: How Not to Dillute Acid
1988
AL#15 p.5
Tom Rossing
▪ When diluting sulfuric acid, like for sharpening files, it is a very important safety method to put acid into water, not water into acid. We got it reversed in an article, and we got letters about it. But don’t worry, we fixed it when that article was republished in the Big Red Book.
Review: Physics And Music by Neville H. Fletcher
1986
AL#7 p.61 BRB1 p.498 read this article
Tom Rossing
▪ The reviewer is enthusiastic about this booklet for the nonscientist, finding it useful and accurate.
Review: SMAC83: Proceedings of the Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference
1986
AL#6 p.52 BRB1 p.496 read this article
Tom Rossing
▪ The reviewer finds that this collection of scientific papers will be of value to instrument builders, though it offers no “how to” advice.
An Introduction to Guitar Acoustics, Part 2
1984
GALQ Vol.12#1 p.20 BRB2 p.124
Tom Rossing
▪ The way in which the guitar body responds to the driving forces of a vibrating string is a very complex subject.
An Introduction to Guitar Acoustics, Part 1
1983
GALQ Vol.11#4 p.12 BRB2 p.124
Tom Rossing
▪ A simple explanation of how the guitar ‘works’.