Arthur H. Benade (January 2, 1925 – August 4, 1987) was an American physicist and acoustician, researcher, professor, and author.
He is best known for his research on the physics of woodwinds and brass instruments, and for two books, Horns, Strings, and Harmony (1960), and Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics (1976).
[3] Benade was born in Chicago and served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 to 1945.
Benade became a professor at Case Institute of Technology where he worked on nuclear physics and instrumentation.
[2][4] He also made Baroque flutes utilizing conical bores and Boehm fingering systems.