Struycken Monochord
name: label: maker
content: H. Pfau
notes: label: Description
content: H. J. L. Struycken, a Dutch otolaryngologist, designed an instrument to measure the hearing limit for air- and bone-conductivity. Inscriptions on this example read “Monochord nach Struycken-Schaeffer D.R.G.M.” and “H. Pfau, Inh. L. Lieberknecht, Berlin NW6.” The metal pieces are marked “H. Pfau” and “1307.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin, Berlin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Columbia University, Department of Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.323690
label: catalog number
content: 323690
label: accession number
content: 249200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: monochord
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 17 in x 5 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 43.18 cm x 14.605 cm