There are several playing techniques, each emphasizing harmony. There is no one “correct” … See more

For our acoustical studies, we chose a total of six instruments based on (1) high sound quality and volume as discerned by a consensus of performing and recording musicians f… See more

An interesting question is: How far can a body resonance be from a given string and still be excited by that string? An opportunity for investigating string-to-body resonance … See more

For a long time, we wondered why the Baltic psalteries that were reasonably accurate reproductions of museum specimens, with distributed sound holes, performed … See more

It is beneficial to have a high population of body resonances within the tuning range of the instrument. The complex asymmetric shape of the carved Baltic psaltery may help. Desig… See more