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• Pantalony, David

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Altered sensations : Rudolph Koenig's acoustical workshop in nineteenth-century Paris [electronic resource]

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• Archimedes ; : No. 24

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• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Acoustical Terms; V.S.; V.D.; Archives Consulted (Abbreviations); Other Abbreviations Found in Text and Notes; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; Workshops in the History of Science; Showroom: The Business of Instrument Making; Laboratory: Instrument Making and Experimentation; Life as an Instrument Maker; Sound in History; Chapter Summary; Notes; 1 Training; Journey to Paris; Vuillaumes Violin Workshop 18511858; From Violins to Tuning Forks; The Scientific Instrument Trade in Paris; Notes; 2 Hermann von Helmholtz and the Sensations of Tone
• Hermann von HelmholtzPhysical Acoustics Theory and Instruments (Tuning Forks, Tonometer, Double Siren); Instruments as Agents of Change; Experimental Results; Physiological Acoustics The Piano as a Model for the Inner Ear; Psychological Acoustics Resonators as Aids for Hearing Simple Tones; Synthesising Vowels Sounds; A Comprehensive Theory of Harmony and Music; Notes; 3 Transformations in the Workshop; Inside Parisian Workshops; The Phonautograph and the Origins of Graphical Acoustics; Precision and Graphical Acoustics
• The Plaque tournante at Rue Hautefeuille: Transforming Helmholtzs AcousticsDemonstrating Helmholtz: Adam Politzer and Koenig at the Acadmie des Sciences; Manometric Flame Capsule and Optical Acoustics; Notes; 4 The Market and Its Influences; The First Year of Business from the Workshop to the Classroom; 1862 Exhibition at London; Selling Helmholtzs Instruments; Function Replaces Beauty: 1867 Paris Exposition; Americans at the Fair; William B. Rogers, Alexander Graham Bell and MIT; The Parisian Science Monopoly and a Portuguese Customer; Notes; 5 Constructing a Reputation, 18661879
• Measuring the Velocity of Sound in the Sewers of ParisCreating Vowels Sounds Out of Wood, Brass and Steel; Seeing a Voice: Manometric Vowel Studies; Extending the Tonometer, One File Mark at a Time; Choosing the Right Steel; Bringing the Workshop into Combination-Tone Studies; Precision and Livelihood Under Attack: The Koenig Clock Fork; Notes; 6 Expanding the North American Market, 18711882; Recovery from the Turmoil of 18701871; The Third Catalogue, 1873; Joseph Henry and the Smithsonian Institution; Centennial Exhibition, 1876; James Loudon and the University of Toronto
• Cette Ville de MalheurPublic Lectures at Toronto; Notes; 7 The Faraday of Sound; Life at Quai dAnjou: 18821901; The Combination-Tone Controversy in England; Workshop as Theatre; Heidelberg 1889: the German Response; The Debate over Timbre; Wave Sirens; Back to Vibrations; Ultrasonics and Le Domaine de la Fantaisie; Notes; Conclusion Beyond Sensations; Notes; Appendix A -- Key Dates in Rudolph Koenig's Life; Catalogue Raisonn of Koenig Instruments; Catalogue Raisonné of Koenig Instruments; Based on the Catalogue Titles in Koenigs 1889 Catalogue 1; Locations
• I. The Principal Means for Producing Sound
• Rudolph Koenig was one of the more prolific and colourful instrument makers in the renowned nineteenth-century precision instrument trade of Paris. Beginning his career as a violin maker, in 1858 the young Prussian immigrant shifted his talents towards the growing field of acoustics. Altered Sensations is a portrait of his vibrant atelier, a place of construction, commerce and experiment. For over forty years it was also a popular meeting place for scientists, artisans, musicians and teachers. Using archival and collection research from across North American and Europe, David Pantalony has traced the material and social influences of this space on the development of modern acoustics. In particular, he has detailed the manner in which Koenig modified, extended, spread and challenged Hermann von Helmholtz's Sensations of Tone. A large part of the research on Koenig comes from the actual products of his workshop which survive in museums and collections around the world. The second section of Altered Sensations provides a Catalogue Raisonné of Koenig’s entire line of instruments, including their history, details from specific examples, locations, and references in the literature. This catalogue will serve as a practical guide for curators and researchers as well as a comprehensive overview of nineteenth-century acoustical practice.
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