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RE: The scientific literature I have read is all about trombones, and here might be the reason:

>The scientific literature I have read is all about trombones:
>"Because nonlinear propagation effects are cumulative, the resulting
>distortion of the signal can be spectacular, leading to the formation of
>shock waves in the instrument, especially when the tube [read: "slide"] is
>at its maximum extension (figure 2)."

The trombone's waveform is also highly asymmetrical; see fig.1 at the page
linked below, which is Art Baron's 'bone captured at the sessions for
Jerome Harris's "Rendezvous" Stereophile CD.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile


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