Signedstamped on side: RUDOPLH KOENIG / À PARIS
InscribedStamped: 22-46;
tagged: a4;
stamped: RUDOLPH KOENIG A PARIS;
stamped: LA3;
inscribed on label: 20-8-16
FunctionAcoustic apparatus; an organ pipe, designed to resonate at a specific pitch when pressurized air passes through it
ProvenanceType of label with numbers present in objects coming from the Physics Department, Harvard University.
Published ReferencesOne of a group of four pipes that once belonged to a set of eight. See Rudolph Koenig, (1889) Catalogue des Appareils d'Acoustique, pg. 47, No. 114.
Image of a similar pipe can be seen in "GLI STRUMENTI DEL GABINETTO DI FISICA DELL'INSTITUTO TECHNICO TOSCANO" by Paolo Brenni (1986) pg. 61 See card file 6004 for photograph and information.