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wooden manometric organ pipe, SOL 3
Date: after 1865
Inventory Number: 1997-1-0933c
Classification: Organ Pipe
Subject:
Maker: Rudolph Koenig (1832 - 1901)
User: Department of Physics, Harvard University (founded 1884)
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
44 × 7.1 × 10.5 cm (17 5/16 × 2 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Description:
Rectangular open pipe with manometric apparatus.,Other materials include, rubber (?) and chamois.
Signedstamped near lip: RUDOPLH KOENIG / À PARIS
Inscribedtagged: 20-9-6
stamped; 22-2
stamped; 22-2
FunctionUsed to visually demonstrate the nodes and loops of sound waves produced by open organ pipes. This device is one of the first devised to sucessfully visualize acoustic phenomena.
Historical AttributesFine image and description of use on pages 50-55 in Koeing's "Quelques Experiences D'Acoustique" 1882. CHSI Lib No. 559. Also see Rudolf Koenig (1889) Catalogue des Appareils d"Acoustique, p. 84, No. 238; p. 83, No. 239; J. A, Zahm (1900). Sound and Music. pp. 231-2. Also see,
Curatorial RemarksStamped 22-2 Adhesive tag 20-9-6
Primary SourcesFine image and description of use on pages 50-55 in Koeing's Quelques Experiences D'Acoustique, 1882. CHSI Lib No. 559.
Rudolf Koenig (1889) Catalogue des Appareils d"Acoustique, p. 84, No. 238; p. 83, No. 239.
J. A. Zahm (1900). Sound and Music, pp. 231-2.
Rudolf Koenig (1889) Catalogue des Appareils d"Acoustique, p. 84, No. 238; p. 83, No. 239.
J. A. Zahm (1900). Sound and Music, pp. 231-2.