hobby #115
Tuning Fork Metallurgy
Forging and tempering precision tuning forks from tool steel, exploring how alloy composition, heat treatment, and tine geometry determine pitch stability and sustain. Combines blacksmithing with acoustic physics to create reference instruments that ring true.
Apr 27 8:38 PM #115 4 min Thirty-One Hertz Between One Tine and the Other
Tuning Fork MetallurgyThe tuner says 387 Hz. It should say 440. I filed the tips to raise the pitch. The pitch fell anyway.
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