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wooden organ pipe
wooden organ pipe

wooden organ pipe

Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1997-1-0982
ClassificationOrgan Pipe
Subject
    Maker Ziegler Electric Company 1889 - 1930
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions101.1 × 4 × 6.3 cm (39 13/16 × 1 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionLong, thin stoppered organ pipe, made of pine and possibly maple. Pipe has six swiveling doors that can be opened and closed to change the tone produced. Somewhat similar to pipes 1997-1-0936 and 1997-1-0944a. Unique double mouth construction.

          Inscribed on label, "ZIEGLER ELECTRIC CO. / Manufacturers / SCIENTIFIC & ELECTRICAL APPARATUS / BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A."
          Signedstamped on label: ZIEGLER ELECTRIC CO. Manufacturers SCIENTIFIC & ELECTRICAL APPARATUS BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
          InscribedOn plaque, and stamped on either side of the pipe's mouth: ZIEGLER ELECTRIC CO. Manufacturers SCIENTIFIC & ELECTRICAL APPARATUS BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
          FunctionAcoustic demonstration apparatus; an organ pipe, designed to resonate at a specific pitch when pressurized air passes through it.

          Pipe has six swiveling doors that can be opened and closed to change the tone produced.
          Historical AttributesSimilar pipes can be seen in Rudolf Koenig's (1889) Catalogue des Appareils d"Acoustique, pp. 44-45, No. 107; pp. 43-44, No. 104. Reference from Univ. of Toronto Museum of Scientific Instruments at www.chass.utoronto.ca/utmusi. Search for "Koenig."
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          wooden organ pipe
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          Object number: 1997-1-0944
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          wooden organ pipe
          Rudolph Koenig
          Date: after 1859
          Object number: 1997-1-0936
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          Object number: 1997-1-1938b
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          M-shaped wooden organ pipe
          Rudolph Koenig
          Date: circa 1859
          Object number: 1997-1-1938a
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          Z-shaped mahogany organ pipe
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          Date: circa 1859
          Object number: 1997-1-1938c
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          Object number: 1997-1-1938d
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          Accessories: mouthpiece
          Object number: 1997-1-0923
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          wooden organ pipe slider
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          Date: circa 1889
          Object number: 1997-1-0945
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          wooden organ pipe slider
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          Date: circa 1850
          Object number: 1997-1-0946
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          Date: circa 1889
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