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small steel tuning fork mallet
small steel tuning fork mallet

small steel tuning fork mallet

Datecirca 1875
Inventory Number1998-1-0142
ClassificationMallet
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions19.3 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm (7 5/8 × 7/8 × 3/4 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionA mallet for striking a resonator or similar instrument. Device is a small steel mallet with a cylindrical head, rounded on the edges, which is attached to a thin rod mounted on a teardrop-shaped mahogany handle. One side of the head has a small cork inset to create a softer blow.
        Signedunsigned
        Curatorial RemarksSee also 1998-1-0713.
        FunctionSteel mallet; for striking tuning forks
        From left to right in this photograph: WJ0194, WJ0195, WJ0193, WJ0192.
        mallet for tuning fork
        Department of Psychology, Harvard University
        Date: circa 1900
        Object number: WJ0193
        From left to right in this photograph: WJ0194, WJ0195, WJ0193, WJ0192.
        mallet for tuning fork
        Department of Psychology, Harvard University
        Date: circa 1900
        Object number: WJ0194
        From left to right in this photograph: WJ0194, WJ0195, WJ0193, WJ0192.
        mallet for tuning fork
        Department of Psychology, Harvard University
        Date: circa 1900
        Object number: WJ0195
        From left to right in this photograph: WJ0194, WJ0195, WJ0193, WJ0192.
        mallet for tuning fork
        Department of Psychology, Harvard University
        Date: circa 1900
        Object number: WJ0192
        mallet
        mallet
        American
        Date: circa 1960
        Object number: 2002-1-0005c
        ivory mallet
        ivory mallet
        Department of Physics, Harvard University
        Date: mid 19th-late 19th Century
        Object number: 1998-1-0713
        small spherical rubber mallet
        small spherical rubber mallet
        Date: circa 1875
        Object number: 1998-1-0097
        mallet or pestle
        mallet or pestle
        American
        Date: late 19th-mid 20th Century
        Object number: 2007-1-0012
        steel tuning fork, SOL 1
        steel tuning fork, SOL 1
        Rudolph Koenig
        Date: circa 1865
        Object number: 1998-1-0023
        small steel tuning fork with bent tines
        small steel tuning fork with bent tines
        American
        Date: circa 1850
        Object number: 1998-1-0668
        small steel tuning fork with bent tines
        small steel tuning fork with bent tines
        American
        Date: circa 1850
        Object number: 1998-1-0706
        steel tuning fork with bent tines
        steel tuning fork with bent tines
        American
        Date: circa 1850
        Accessories: wooden handle
        Object number: 1998-1-0707