Air Pressure Regulator
date: label: date made
content: 1865-1878
name: label: maker
content: Rudolph Koenig
notes: label: Description
content: This type of air pressure regulator was designed by Aristide Cavaillé-Colle (1811-1899), a distinguished organ builder in Paris. The Smithsonian Institution purchased this example sometime between 1865 and 1878. The inscription reads “RUDOLPH KOENIG / À PARIS.” According to Koenig, this instrument was of great utility, especially for experiments with a siren.
label: Description
content: Ref: David Pantalony, <i>Altered Sensations: Rudolph Koenig’s Acoustical Workshop in Paris</i> (2009).
label: Description
content: Rudolph Koenig, <i>Catalogue des Appareils d’Accoustique</i> (Paris, 1865), p. 17.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: University of Vermont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328423.2
label: accession number
content: 272928
label: catalog number
content: 328423.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Air Pressure Regulator, Acoustic
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 16 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 10.4775 cm x 42.2275 cm x 16.51 cm