This article is from the Computer Music Bibliography FAQ, by Piet van Oostrum piet@cs.ruu.nl with numerous contributions by others.
Moorer, James A. and Grey, John: "Lexicon of Analyzed Tones";
Computer Music Journal, volume 1 Number 2, volume 1 number 3,
volume 2 number 2, volume 2 number 3, and continuing
The first installment of the lexicon was an analysis of a violin tone.
The second analyzed Clarinet and Oboe tones, and the third presented an
analysis of a trumpet tone.
These analyses included spectral plots (time versus amplitude for the first
21 partials), spectrographic plots (frequency versus amplitude), and amplitude
and frequency versus time plots for the first sixteen partials. Additional
information is given about formants of the instruments and the analysis
and resynthesis methods which the authors used (The analysis was done with
a Heterodyne Filter algorithm). While the authors claim that the tones
were resynthesized and were nearly indistinguishable from the originals, they
ARE only single, specific notes played on a specific example of the original
instrument, so, while they would be a good starting point for re-synthesis of
an instrument, they are by no means sufficient.
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Title: The acoustical foundations of music / John Backus.
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: New York : Norton, c1977.
Subjects: Music--Acoustics and physics.
ISBN: 0-393-09096-5 : $10.95
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Author : Douglas, Alan
Title : Electronic Musical Instrument Manual
Published: Pitman, London, 1968
Originally published in 1947 !! So this is a historical book
 
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