1. A new pipe organ installed at Andover has pipes ranging in length from 11 feet to two inches. What is the range in pitch of this organ?

2. If we were to use a sine-wave generator and a speaker to play middle C, loudly, next to a harp or a piano (no damping), which strings would be vibrating after we shut off the generator?

3. How does the answer to number 2 change if we play middle C on a flute instead of the generator and speaker?

4. How does the answer to number 2 change if we play middle C on a clarinet instead of the generator and speaker?

5. Suppose we lightly touch a guitar string at the 12th fret as we pluck the string, thus producing the second harmonic. Are other harmonics produced? If they are, how could be discourage them, that is, how could we produce a vibration that is pretty nearly purely the second harmonic?

6. I was looking at pictures of lutes (http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/lute.html) and noticed that some of them had the soundhole positioned 1/3 of the way from the bridge end of the strings. What would be the consequences of this?

7. In many of the paintings of lute-players, the player's fingers are strumming very near the bridge end of the strings. What would be the consequences of this?

8. A drummer playing a single drum can get quite different pitches out of it, by hitting the drumhead at the center and by hitting it nearer the edge. Why do these two different strategies produce different pitches, and which is (generally) higher?

9. The pitch of a violin is determined by the length, density, and tension of the strings. So, what's the big deal? Why do violinists pay ridiculous sums of money for "great" violins? Don't they all use the same strings?

10. Jean-Pierre Rampal (at his death the most famous flutist/flautist in the world) had a gold flute, or gold-plated, I suppose. What's the likelihood that I'd sound better playing my flute if I got it gold-plated?

11. What is the speed of propagation of waves on the singing rods?

12. Rigden says you'd have a hard time recognizing a particular instrument in a recording that is played backwards. Why is that?

13. You could regard a singer singing "ahh" as a different instrument from the same singer singing "ooh". Explain.