Tuning the Nigerian slit gong

Ashley E Cannaday; Brandon C August; Thomas R Moore

doi:10.1121/1.3675940

Tuning the Nigerian slit gong

J Acoust Soc Am. 2012 Feb;131(2):1566-73. doi: 10.1121/1.3675940.

Authors

Ashley E Cannaday¹, Brandon C August, Thomas R Moore

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida 32789, USA.

PMID: 22352526
DOI: 10.1121/1.3675940

Abstract

An experimental and theoretical investigation of the Nigerian slit gong is reported. It is shown that in tuning the gong the artisan ensures that the frequencies of the two lowest mechanical resonances are nearly coincident with the frequencies of two of the acoustic resonances of the internal cavity. Four possible tuning parameters are identified and the effects of changing these parameters are discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.