Dropping Sticks
Dropping Sticks
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- Description
- The eight dropping sticks in this set produce a musical scale when dropped consecutively onto a floor or table. The sticks are numbered 1 through 8. One is stamped “Rudolf Koenig.” The set came from the Department of Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
- Ref: Rudolph Koenig, Catalogue des Appareils d’Acoustique (Paris, 1865), p. 3.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- dropping stocks
- Date made
- 1858-1902
- maker
- Koenig, Rudolph
- Place Made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, each: 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in;.635 cm x 21.2725 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0924.05
- accession number
- 1987.0924
- catalog number
- 1987.0924.05
- Credit Line
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Science & Mathematics
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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