wooden organ pipe
Date: mid 19th Century
Inventory Number: 1999-1-0033
Classification: Organ Pipe
Maker: Rudolph Koenig (1832 - 1901)
User: Department of Physics, Harvard University ? (founded 1884)
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Dimensions:
6.9 x 44 x 5.7 cm (2 11/16 x 17 5/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Description:
Rectangular organ pipe, made of oak. A disk-shaped device is mounted on the side of the pipe, permitting a visual demonstration of acoustic phenomena.
Stamped on side, "RUDOLPH KOENIG À PARIS," "UT2," "W32"; illegible number stamped on pipe; inscribed on an oval label, "20-9-6." These last two refer to Harvard inventory numbers.
Stamped on side, "RUDOLPH KOENIG À PARIS," "UT2," "W32"; illegible number stamped on pipe; inscribed on an oval label, "20-9-6." These last two refer to Harvard inventory numbers.
Signedstamped on side: RUDOLPH KOENIG / À PARIS
InscribedStamped on side: UT2
stamped on side: W32;
illegible number stamped on pipe;
inscribed on an oval label: 20-9-6
stamped on side: W32;
illegible number stamped on pipe;
inscribed on an oval label: 20-9-6
FunctionAcoustic apparatus; an organ pipe, designed to resonate at a specific pitch when pressurized air passes through it
ProvenanceOval label with numbers of the type found in instruments from the Physics Department, Harvard University.