Sound testing & documentation
Sound, measured with restraint.
ANURAVA documents what can be observed without reducing a handmade instrument to a single number. Measurements provide useful reference points; listening remains essential.
What may be recorded
- Exact diameter
- Height
- Weight
- Finish
- Instrument ID
- Strike response
- Rim response
- Fundamental frequency when measured
- Dominant overtones when measured
- Sustain when measured
- Exact-piece photographs
- Exact-piece recordings
Not every instrument carries every field; documentation depends on the individual piece, and unmeasured fields are left blank rather than estimated.
What measurements cannot promise
A measured frequency does not describe the complete experience of an instrument. Playing technique, mallet material, room acoustics, recording equipment and the handmade form itself all influence what is heard.
Because each instrument is made by hand, exact pitch, response, sustain and overtone behaviour vary from piece to piece.
The record
The ANURAVA Sound Passport.
For documented instruments, the Sound Passport connects the physical object to its identifying details, measurements, sound observations and exact-piece media — and stays valid after the instrument is sold.
Values are recorded from the individual instrument. Fields that were not measured are left blank rather than estimated.