Dropping Sticks: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dropping Sticks: Date made: 1858-1902. maker: Koenig, Rudolph. Object Name: dropping stocks.
The object in the museum catalogue
The eight dropping sticks in this set produce a musical scale when dropped consecutively onto a floor or table. The sticks are numbered 1 through 8. One is stamped “Rudolf Koenig.”
Ref: Rudolph Koenig, Catalogue des Appareils d’Acoustique (Paris, 1865), p. 3.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1858-1902
- maker: Koenig, Rudolph
- Object Name: dropping stocks
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Measurements: overall, each: 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; .635 cm x 21.2725 cm x 2.8575 cm
- Place Made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
- ID Number: 1987.0924.05
- accession number: 1987.0924
- catalog number: 1987.0924.05
- Credit Line: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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