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steel tuning fork, SOL 1
Date: circa 1865
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0023
Classification: Tuning Fork
Subject:
Maker: Rudolph Koenig (1832 - 1901)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
34 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm (13 3/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Description:
A steel acoustic resonator or tuning fork with a threaded handle, made around 1865 by Rudolph Koenig, a German instrument maker working in France.
Y-shaped head. The fork's two straight tines parallel each other along their length and are angled inward at the bottom of the "U" where they connect to a rounded mahogany cylinder with brass fittings on either end. Protruding from the bottom of the cylinder is a single rounded bar with a threaded end which passes through a brass adjustment knob with a knurled edge.
Y-shaped head. The fork's two straight tines parallel each other along their length and are angled inward at the bottom of the "U" where they connect to a rounded mahogany cylinder with brass fittings on either end. Protruding from the bottom of the cylinder is a single rounded bar with a threaded end which passes through a brass adjustment knob with a knurled edge.
In Collection(s)
SignedEngraved on one side of fork: SOL 1 / 192 VS / RK
FunctionFor acoustic demonstration and experimentation.
Probably meant for use with with one of Harvard's Koenig electromagnetic devices.
For information on a similar group of tuning forks, see:
website.
Probably meant for use with with one of Harvard's Koenig electromagnetic devices.
For information on a similar group of tuning forks, see:
website.