Accession No

3440

Brief Description

tuning fork on a wooden resonator box, by Rudolph Koenig, French, second half 19th Century

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Koenig, Rudolph

Class

sound

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass and one other); rubber

Dimensions

height 273mm; length 243mm; breadth 105mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘MI3
RUDOLPH KOENIG
A PARIS’ (base)
‘MI3
740VS
RK’ (tuning fork)

Description Notes

Tuning fork on a wooden resonator box, by Rudolph Koenig, second half 19th century.

Tuning fork set in turned wooden mount on a hollow wooden box with one open end. For Mi 3, i.e. the E above middle C.

Condition good; complete.

References

Torben Rees; 'Historical notes: a brief chronicle of the tuning fork'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge; 2009: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/acoustics/historical-notes-brief-chronicle-tuning-fork

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