If you play the exact same same note on two different musical instruments the sound will not be the exact same. What changed and what stayed the same?

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(in the sense that you will know if you heard a piano or a guitar) what stayed the same and what changed with the sound wave? Second related question, if you get two people to say the word “hello” they will sound completely different but you will be able to hear that they both said hello. So in that case what changed with the sound wave and what stayed the same?

Sorry if it’s the wrong flair I put it as physics because sound waves so yeah

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Paul Reed Smith, founder of PRS guitars has often used this anecdote when talking about the sound differences between different base woods for guitar bodies “ hickory is always going to sound different from maple the same way Barbara Streisand will always sound different from Frank Sinatra”

Even if you have two guitars tuned to the exact same frequency to the point where any other difference is understandable, the minor variations in the physical structure of the instrument will always create a slightly different sound

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