Vibration Demonstration
Spindler & Hoyer, Gottingen, Germany
about 1925
Long wooden bar with wooden upright on each end. Catgut string (broken) stretched along rod and can be tightened with a wooden key. Steel bar handle from bottom center. Black steel plate above bar has a 1/2" long slit. Material: wood, metal, gut. Stand missing.
Overall: 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34031
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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