When I was in college the head of the Music Department had a set of tone bars that looked like this<http://cgi.ebay.com/1920s-Deagan-Plate-Chimes-Railroad-and-Steamship-Porter-/250683635730?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion>. The five were labeled with their frequency and they were 436, 437, 438, 439 and 440. One could strike any two and listen to the number of beats per second. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:22 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] toy piano tone bar help >I have been wanting to find a Deagan (I think that's the name) tone box >to use to set the pitch for my tunings. Hi, Elwood When something which used to be common is no longer in production, my first step is to check Ebay. If that doesn't work, you might see if you can find a very old retired choral music teacher. I think they used to use such things in classrooms, and perhaps they owned them, instead of the school. I wonder if any are still hanging around as school surplus? Regards, Susan Kline ------------------- hmmm, why not try? http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-DEAGAN-DINNER-CHIME-chimes-XYLOPHONE-gong-bell-/120610147272?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion http://cgi.ebay.com/1920s-Deagan-Plate-Chimes-Railroad-and-Steamship-Porter-/250683635730?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion Didn't find the real thing. "Deagan" was complicated by how many vibraphones, chimes, xylophones and celestas they made. "Tone Bar" brought up stuff for guitars, and parts for Fender Rhodes keyboards. "Tone Box" brought electronic components ... But with Ebay, one can always keep looking, and one can try different searches. Stuff can arrive at any time. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100818/f054bcd3/attachment.htm>
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