Tuning Forks with Sliding Resonator
Tuning Forks with Sliding Resonator
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- Description
- This is an array of 11 tuning forks mounted on a wooden stand, with a conical metal resonator. A metal tag reads “ANT. APPUNN / HANAU”. Titchener (1900) referred to it as “11 forks (2,000-45,000), with sliding resonator and ear-tube. Kessel. Appunn.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Set, Tuning Fork
- tuning forks
- Other Terms
- Set, Tuning Fork; Diagnostic Medicine
- date made
- 18901
- 1890s
- used at
- Cornell University
- maker
- Appun, A.
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.1 cm x 33.5 cm x 10.1 cm; 4 3/4 in x 13 3/16 in x 4 in
- ID Number
- MG.300427.068
- catalog number
- 300427.068
- accession number
- 300427
- Credit Line
- Cornell University Department of Psychology
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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