Musical Mathematics is the definitive tome for the adventurous musician. Weaving together mathematical analysis, music history, and hands-on expertise, this volume is a comprehensive guide to discoveries regarding acoustic music and tunings. Author, composer, instrument-builder, and musical innovator Cris Forster presents both scholarship from primary sources and practical instruction regarding the invention and construction of new musical instruments - allowing the reader to actually begin to build unique and monumental instruments such as the ones pictured in the book's 16 color plates.