Fletcher, Neville H.2015-12-132015-12-130034-4885http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93683Musical instruments are often thought of as linear harmonic systems, and a first-order description of their operation can indeed be given on this basis, once we recognise a few inharmonic exceptions such as drums and bells. A closer examination, however,The Nonlinear Physics of Musical Instruments199910.1088/0034-4885/62/5/2022015-12-12