The subjective qualitative evaluation of factory-made and luthier-crafted guitars is an experimental study aimed at presenting research on instrument sound evaluation. The study included both factory and luthier guitars of varying construction, age, and price class. Recordings were made at the recording studio of the Department of Acoustics, Adam Mickiewicz University. In the recording process, …
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Subjective descriptive evaluation of instrument timbre – factory-made and luthier-crafted guitars using the semantic differential method
This study aimed to subjectively evaluate the timbre of factory-made and luthier-crafted guitars using the semantic differential method based on auditory stimuli. Eleven guitars of different constructions, ages, and price classes, both factory and luthier-made, were included. For each instrument, three short fragments of “Fantasie Dramatique Le Depart” Op. 31 by N. Coste were recorded. …