Accession No

3443

Brief Description

Three tuning forks, two for middle C, one for the C above, by Valentine and Care, 1/2 20th century

Origin

Sheffield; England

Maker

Valantine & Care

Class

sound

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

metal

Dimensions

length 1 240mm; length 2 210mm; length 3 200mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from King’s College, London, England, 10/1986. Purchased with the assistance of a grant from PRISM Fund.

Inscription

no 1: ‘VALANTINE & CARE
SHEFFIELD’; ‘C 256’
no.2: ‘256’
no.3: ‘VALANTINE & CARE
SHEFFIELD’; ‘C512’

Description Notes

Three tuning forks, two for middle C, one for the C above, by Valentine and Care, 1/2 20th century.

Three tuning forks; the two Valantine & Care forks having screw threads for mounting in a resonator.

condition good

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