Pipe, organ

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OBJECT TYPE: DEMONSTRATION/CYLINDRICAL/WOOD
DATE: 1880–1895
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0253.001

MANUFACTURER: Koenig, Rudolph
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Paris, France

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD, INCLUDING MAHOGANY; THREE METAL SCREWS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 4.9 cm
Width: 4.9 cm
Height: 43.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Acoustics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Koenig
Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
City: Paris

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED C. 1890S+
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHYSICS LABORATORY AND CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION APPARATUS FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY. FOUNDED IN 1887 MCMASTER WAS ORIGINALLY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION, AND WAS LOCATED IN TORONTO. IN 1930 THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS STUDENT POPULATION OF 500 WAS MOVED TO HAMILTON, ONT. (REF. 1)
Function: USED TO DEMONSTRATE ACCOUSTIC PROPERTIES, IN A LABORATORY OR CLASSROOM SETTING.
Technical: ONE OF A SET OF THREE EQUAL PIPES, MADE BY RUDOLPH KOENIG (1832-1901), TO DEMONSTRATE PROPERTIES OF SOUND. THE SET CONSISTED OF THREE PIPES- ONE MADE OF WOOD, ONE OF METAL (BRASS), AND ONE MADE OF CARDBOARD- ALL PRODUCINGTHE SAME TONE. ( REF. 2, P. 41)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " RUDOLPH KOENIG " incised in one side of foot hole end.
Missing: PIPE IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF: HOWEVER, IT WAS SOLD AS ONE OF A SET OF THREE PIPES. From CA of 12/12/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: NATURAL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Koenig, Rudolph, Pipe, organ, circa 1880–1895, Artifact no. 1998.0253, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0253.001/

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