Why do musical instruments sound different when playing the same note?

Why does a piano's A sharp sound different to a trumpet's A sharp?
08 May 2017
Presented byKatie Haylor.

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John asked why the same note sounds different when played on different musical instruments. Katie Haylor spoke to Mike Newton from the University of Edinburgh to find out.

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