Set of Tuning Forks
notes: label: Description
content: This set of ten steel tuning forks was designed for the graphic comparison of sounds. The sliding brass weights on the arms of some of the forks could be used for tuning. The brass pointers at the ends of one arm of each fork could be used for tracing a curve on a rotating drum covered with lampblack. This set was probably made by Rudolph Koenig in Paris, and Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian, probably bought it for the Institution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314592
label: catalog number
content: 314592
label: accession number
content: 205890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuning forks
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 5 1/4 in x 25 1/2 in x 20 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 64.77 cm x 51.435 cm