Investigation of the Emission Rate of Particles when Musicians Play Wind, Woodwind, and Brass Instruments

<div>Emission rate <svg height="11.9087pt" id="M18" style="vertical-align:-3.2728pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 14.0654 11.9087" width="14.0654pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M600 480C600 590 528 650 384 650H143L137 622C222 614 225 607 210 531L130 127C113 41 106 36 23 28L17 0H294L300 28C204 36 195 42 212 127L243 284L314 263C327 263 339 263 352 264C465 271 600 337 600 480ZM508 481C508 351 402 304 329 304C289 304 265 311 250 317L295 559C302 594 310 606 323 611C335 616 350 619 367 619C455 619 508 573 508 481Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.656,3.132)"><path d="M719 650H483V622C553 619 576 606 581 560C585 532 588 487 588 394V148H585L167 650H20V622C67 618 88 610 109 585C127 562 129 557 129 484V264C129 173 126 124 123 93C118 44 92 31 35 28V0H272V28C204 32 181 44 176 95C173 124 170 172 170 264V515H172L598 -9H629V394C629 487 631 532 635 563C639 606 663 619 719 622V650Z"></path></g></svg> of respiratory particles as a boxplot for all instruments and conditions. Flute data is marked red, oboe in orange, trumpet in salmon, and clarinet in light blue according to the legend. For comparison, singers’ data are taken from Mürbe et al. [<a href="/journals/ina/2023/8092828/#B5">5</a>].</div>

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Figure 3: Investigation of the Emission Rate of Particles when Musicians Play Wind, Woodwind, and Brass Instruments 