Professional and personal interactions with Tom Rossing

This talk was motivated by time spent in Australia at the University of New England in Armidale, NSW, during the latter part of 1980. My wife and I and our three youngest sons spent five months there while I carried out research on the flute with Neville Fletcher and Ron Silk. As you might suspect from the title of the talk, Tom was also at the University of New England and our times there overlapped. Tom was solicitous of our sons which enriched their Australian experience. Tomu0027s research was concerned with acoustical aspects of percussion instruments. Though discussions of our respective research projects was limited, our shared experience in Australia led to our continuing interaction during the ensuing years. A major part of the talk will consider interactions with Tom at other times and in other places.