Editorial note: This invited and tutorial article has been published in three parts. The abstract for the series was published in Part I—Piano hammers and tonal effects [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, 3286–3296 (1996)]. The article continued with Part II—Piano structure [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 695–708 (1996)].
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Harold A. Conklin (1996) studied this question.