Musical Sound, Instruments, and Equipment offers a basic understanding of sound, musical instruments and music equipment, geared towards a general audience and non-science majors. The book begins by introducing fundamental properties of sound waves, and the perception of the characteristics of sound and continues with the basics of propagation of sound waves and the interaction of sound waves with object. The development is focused on musical instruments and acoustics and each chapter includes a brief technical section that can be used or skipped.