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Device that generates sounds of constant pitch when struck
fade out. A tuning fork's pitch depends on the length and mass of the two prongs. They are traditional sources of standard pitch for tuning musical instruments
Tuning_fork
Galaxy morphological classification scheme advocated by Edwin Hubble
colloquially known as the Hubble tuning-fork diagram because the shape in which it is traditionally represented resembles a tuning fork. It was invented by John
Hubble_sequence
Reference point for tuning musical instruments
evidenced by tuning forks of that era in France. The pipe organ tuning fork in Versailles Chapel from 1795 is 390 Hz, an 1810 Paris Opera tuning fork sounds
Concert_pitch
Physical characteristic of oscillating systems
Claypool. ISBN 9781681740966. Bruech, Mario (2009). "Introduction of Tuning Fork Quarz Crystals" (PDF). NKG Nakagawa Electronics Limited. Retrieved 2026-01-29
Resonance
2D drawing of impossible 3D object
An impossible trident, also known as an impossible fork, blivet, poiuyt, or devil's tuning fork, is a drawing of an impossible object (undecipherable figure)
Impossible_trident
Topics referred to by the same term
Golden Tuning Fork is the English translation of the titles of the following music awards: Diapason d'Or, France Goldene Stimmgabel, Germany Zolotoy Kamerton
Golden_Tuning_Fork
1st generation electrically-powered wristwatch
element of these watches was either a traditional balance wheel or a tuning fork, driven by an electro-mechanical solenoid powered by a small battery
Electric_watch
Inexpensive gyroscope based on vibration
or (2.78×10−4)°/s. Modern variants of tactical gyroscopes use doubled tuning forks such as those produced by American manufacturer Systron Donner in California
Vibrating_structure_gyroscope
Profession
meaning of the term 'in tune', in the context of piano tuning, is not simply a particular fixed set of pitches. Fine piano tuning requires an assessment
Piano_tuning
1979 Soviet TV series or program
Tuning Fork is a 1979 Soviet two-part television feature film. The film uses drawings by Nadya Rusheva. Alexander Gradsky appears in the film as himself
Tuning_Fork_(film)
Instrument for measuring, keeping or indicating time
particular frequency. This object can be a pendulum, a balance wheel, a tuning fork, a quartz crystal, or the vibration of electrons in atoms as they emit
Clock
Clock type
watches, the frequency is 32768 Hz, and the crystal is cut in a small tuning fork shape on a particular crystal plane. This frequency is a power of two
Quartz_clock
Screening test for hearing
The Weber test is a screening test for hearing performed with a tuning fork. It can detect unilateral (one-sided) conductive hearing loss (middle ear
Weber_test
Manufacturer of watches and clocks
horological innovations included the Accutron watch that used a resonating tuning fork as a means of regulating the time-keeping function. During the 1920s
Bulova
Type of audible sound
with a structural mode can be illustrated using a tuning fork made of iron. A prong of the tuning fork is wound with a coil fed by a variable frequency
Electromagnetically induced acoustic noise
Electromagnetically_induced_acoustic_noise
Screening test for hearing
able to hear the tuning fork. Air conduction should be greater than bone conduction, so the patient should be able to hear the tuning fork next to the pinna
Rinne_test
System for categorizing galaxies based on appearance
Edwin Hubble in 1926. It is often known colloquially as the "Hubble tuning-fork" because of the shape in which it is traditionally represented. Hubble's
Galaxy morphological classification
Galaxy_morphological_classification
Ability to perceive vibration
diminished or absent pallesthesia, testing can be conducted using a tuning fork at 128 Hz by placing it on the skin overlying a bone. This works because
Pallesthesia
Spike on a tool or utensil
The term is also used on musical instruments such as the Jew's harp, tuning fork, guitaret, electric piano, music box or mbira (kalimba) which contain
Tine_(structural)
Electronic oscillator circuit
as those used in digital watches, are typically cut in the shape of a tuning fork. For applications not needing very precise timing, a low-cost ceramic
Crystal_oscillator
early audiology. He is best known for developing hearing tests with tuning forks and his work to improve education for the hearing impaired. He was also
Friedrich_Bezold
Harmonic phenomenon in music
with two similarly-tuned tuning forks. When one fork is struck and held near the other, vibrations are induced in the unstruck fork, even though there
Sympathetic_resonance
Electro-mechanical keyboard musical instrument
1980s. The tuning fork here refers to the struck element having two vibrating parts. In Fender Rhodes instruments, the struck portion of the "fork" is a tine
Electric_piano
Prussian musicologist and silk manufacturer
taught musicologist. He made a "tonometer" (German: Tonmesser) from 56 tuning forks as an instrument for accurately measuring pitch by counting beating,
Johann_Scheibler
Suburb of Dublin, Ireland
Rathfarnham (Irish: Ráth Fearnáin, meaning 'Fearnán's ringfort') is a southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland in County Dublin. It is south of Terenure, east
Rathfarnham
typically remains tuned much longer than a guitar, and electronic pianos are perpetually in tune. By ear to the sound of a tuning fork or pitch pipe, which
Bass_guitar_tuning
Type of neurological examination
Weber test also uses a tuning fork to differentiate between conductive versus sensorineural hearing loss. In this test, the tuning fork is placed at the top
Cranial_nerve_examination
Swiss watchmaker
Omega enters with a tuning fork, movement regulated by André Brielmann for a new record 1969: Two new records for the tuning fork, movement regulated
Omega_SA
Type of microscopy using a physical probe
sensor was originally made from a quartz tuning fork from a wristwatch. In contrast to a quartz tuning fork sensor that consists of two coupled tines
Non-contact atomic force microscopy
Non-contact_atomic_force_microscopy
Terms for tuning an instrument and a systems of pitches
meanings for tuning: Tuning practice, the act of tuning an instrument or voice. Tuning systems, the various systems of pitches used to tune an instrument
Musical_tuning
Subfield of cosmology
of galaxies. The galaxy classification scheme commonly known as the Tuning-Fork diagram has roots in work by James Jeans and John Henry Reynolds. Jeans
Galaxy formation and evolution
Galaxy_formation_and_evolution
French physicist
attached to a vibrating tuning fork, and then reflected off a second mirror attached to a perpendicularly oriented vibrating tuning fork (usually of a different
Jules_Antoine_Lissajous
Device that measures a vehicle's angular velocity
piezoelectric and micromechanical. In the piezoelectric type, the sensor is a tuning fork-shaped structure with four piezoelectric elements, two on top and two
Yaw-rate_sensor
2009 children's novel by Pseudonymous Bosch
captures Cass's mother in order to get Cass to bring him the legendary Tuning Fork for the Midnight Sun (the society whose goal is to find the Secret and
This_Book_Is_Not_Good_for_You
1970s–80s watchmaking industry upheaval
wristwatch that used an electrically charged tuning fork powered by a 1.35 volt battery. The tuning fork resonated at precisely 360 Hz and it powered
Quartz_crisis
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up tuning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tuning may refer to: Tuning, the process of tuning a tuned amplifier or other electronic component
Tuning
Topics referred to by the same term
tasks Tuning fork, a vibrating device used to tune musical instruments Winnowing fork, a tined farming tool used to separate grain and chaff Fork, Iran
Fork_(disambiguation)
Mathematical curve outputted from a specific pair of parametric equations
John Tyndall produced Lissajous curves by attaching a small mirror to a tuning fork, and shining a bright light on the mirror. This produced a vertically
Lissajous_curve
English musician
1662 – 1752) was an English trumpeter and lutenist. He invented the tuning fork in 1711. Shore came from a family of musicians including the singer Catherine
John_Shore_(trumpeter)
Meter that displays the frequencies of an electronic signal
meter or tuned reed meter. This consists of an electromagnet coil carrying the signal positioned near the end of a tuned metal reed or tuning fork-type arrangement
Frequency_meter
German businessman, instrument maker and physicist (1832–1901)
known for designing and building acoustical instruments such as the tuning fork and sound analyser. Karl Rudolph Koenig was born in Königsberg of Prussia
Rudolph_Koenig
Branch of audiology measuring hearing sensitivity
hammer to strike a metal rod and produce the testing sound; in another, a tuning fork was struck. The first such measurement device for testing hearing was
Audiometry
Scientific phenomenon
tuning fork (the source) and a receiver are both illustrated on this diagram. The tuning fork and receiver start at O, at which point the tuning fork
Relativistic_Doppler_effect
1859 wave interference experiment
standing waves produced in a tense cable originally set oscillating by a tuning fork, later improved with connection to an electric vibrator. This experiment
Melde's_experiment
American sleeplessness world record holder
A friend of Gardner tests his reaction to a tuning fork during the experiment
Randy Gardner sleep deprivation experiment
Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment
Revolving disk with cut-outs to modulate light
available: variable frequency rotating disc choppers, fixed frequency tuning fork choppers, and optical shutters. A rotating disc chopper was famously
Optical_chopper
Topics referred to by the same term
Devil's Fork, Devils Fork and Devil Fork can refer to: The blivet, also known as the Devil's tuning fork, an optical illusion Devils Fork State Park,
Devil's_Fork
Personal timepiece
converting electronically pulsed fork vibration into rotary movements is done via two tiny jeweled fingers, called pawls. Tuning-fork watches were rendered obsolete
Watch
Electrical resonant circuit
circuit can act as an electrical resonator, an electrical analogue of a tuning fork, storing energy oscillating at the circuit's resonant frequency. LC circuits
LC_circuit
Circuit in a computer that maintains accurate time
frequency saves power, while remaining above human hearing range. The quartz tuning fork of these crystals does not change size much with temperature, so temperature
Real-time_clock
Device for tuning musical instruments
they were intended for, but may still be used as an alternative to a tuning fork. They are also useful for establishing which pitch standard was being
Pitch_pipe
Species of fungus
called coral jelly fungus, jelly staghorn, yellow false coral, yellow tuning fork, and jelly antler. The basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are small, gelatinous
Calocera_viscosa
Bone fracture due to repeated stressing
identifying the presence of stress fractures. The clinician places a vibrating tuning fork along the shaft of the suspected bone. If a stress fracture is present
Stress_fracture
German music producer and composer, soccer player (1940–2025)
influence on the international music scene, including the German Golden Tuning Fork, and the RTL Group Lion. White, who had created several record labels
Jack_White_(music_producer)
Legal dispute over the invention of the telephone
upon Helmholtz's tuning fork sounder experiments (see Fig. 3). These experiments involved running an electric current through a tuning fork attached to a
Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy
Elisha_Gray_and_Alexander_Bell_telephone_controversy
Japanese media franchise
made a pact with Schindler and acts as his protector. She possesses a tuning fork which can emit a tone that gives her the ability to control D2s. Her
Takt_Op
Type of watch which uses a clockwork mechanism to measure the passage of time
watches which function using the vibration modes of a piezoelectric quartz tuning fork. A mechanical watch is driven by a mainspring which must be wound either
Mechanical_watch
Evaluation of the sensitivity of a person's sense of hearing
vibrating tuning fork is placed behind the ear, on the mastoid process. When the patient can no longer feel/hear the vibration, the tuning fork is held
Hearing_test
Graphical representation of position or intensity over time
rotation rate, and was recorded by a second stylus driven by a clock or tuning fork. The kymograph almost immediately became the central instrument in physiology
Kymograph
Electric piano
connected to a larger "tone bar". The tone generator assembly acts as a tuning fork as the tone bar reinforces and extends the tine's vibrations. A pickup
Rhodes_piano
Species of fungus
the Dacrymycetales, an order of fungi characterized by their unique "tuning fork" basidia. Its yellow, finger-like, tapering basidiocarps are somewhat
Calocera_cornea
Continuously computed dead reckoning
applications. These products include "tuning fork gyros". Here, the gyro is designed as an electronically driven tuning fork, often fabricated out of a single
Inertial_navigation_system
Medical condition
the Rinne test with a 256 Hz tuning fork. The Rinne test, in which a patient is asked to say whether a vibrating tuning fork is heard more loudly adjacent
Conductive_hearing_loss
American musician and social activist (1919–2014)
President Barack Obama noted that Seeger had been called "America's tuning fork" and that he believed in "the power of song" to bring social change,
Pete_Seeger
Swiss watchmaker
the Hamilton Electric watch introduced in 1957 and the Bulova Accutron tuning fork watch in 1961, presaged increasing technological competition. In the
The_Swatch_Group
Indian stand-up comedian (born 1993)
video was recorded in the Mumbai venue, The Habitat (formerly known as Tuning Fork). Gupta began pursuing a career in stand-up comedy after performing various
Aakash_Gupta
German neurologist and psychiatrist
titular professor. Today, his name is associated with the "Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork", an instrument used for monitoring and diagnosis of nervous disorders
Friedrich_Wilhelm_Seiffer
2005 Japanese film
head their own ways, but before doing so, Todoroki returns Hibiki's tuning fork and Disc Animals to him. While this occurred, before taken to be sacrificed
Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki
Kamen_Rider_Hibiki_&_The_Seven_Senki
Experience in psychotherapy
dyad as reflexive; that a therapist uses their bodies and 'self' as a tuning fork to understand their client's internal experience and to use this attunement
Body-centred countertransference
Body-centred_countertransference
Family of cephalopods
held rigidly at a constant distance apart: this has been termed the "tuning fork" position. Prey items apparently consist primarily of benthic crustaceans
Whip-lash_squid
Acoustical device to generate a pitch
purposes Hooke's device was soon supplanted by the invention of the tuning fork. About a century and a half after Hooke's work, the mechanism was taken
Savart_wheel
Stethoscope Syringe and needle Thermometers, mercury Tongue depressors Tuning fork Ventilator, high-frequency Weighing scale Wartenberg wheel Khandpur 2020
Instruments used in general medicine
Instruments_used_in_general_medicine
Fictional type of cyborg in DC Comics
of Brother Eye away from Batman. He used it to program his multiverse tuning fork and redirect its energy to where he needed it as part of his attempt
OMAC_(comics)
Medical condition
condition experience such a high level of conductive hyperacusis that a tuning fork placed on the ankle will be heard in the affected ear. The bizarre phenomenon
Superior canal dehiscence syndrome
Superior_canal_dehiscence_syndrome
Musical instrument part
surface can act as a soundboard. An example is when someone strikes a tuning fork and holds it against a table top to amplify its sound. Wood for working
Soundboard_(music)
Medical diagnostic method
in the normal ear. Then, the tuning fork is brought as close as 8 cm near the feigned ear while maintaining the tuning fork at the normal side at the same
Stenger_test
Mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point
gravel road). Vibration can be desirable: for example, the motion of a tuning fork, the reed in a woodwind instrument or harmonica, a mobile phone, or the
Vibration
South Korean actor (born 1983)
Rises (KBS, 2021) as Taegam (Support Role) On the Road to SF (2013) Tuning Fork (2013) – as Priest – cameo The Throne (2015)- as Hong Nak-in Delicious
Son_Woo-hyuk
Season of television series
are discovered, the Armory is left alone and Sybil escapes, taking the tuning fork with her and then frees Damon from the coffin, who has decided not to
The_Vampire_Diaries_season_8
Sociological concept describing theoretical opposite to alienation
in which both sides mutually stimulate each other. However, as with a tuning fork, they do not merely return the received sound, but speak "with their
Resonance_(sociology)
2019 film by Joachim Rønning
and real as possible, while keeping the actors safe. The actors wore a tuning fork rig that attached to the actor's hips and was controlled by operators
Maleficent:_Mistress_of_Evil
What is perceived after a physiological stimulus
individually. During the tuning fork test, the tester will have the tuning fork vibrate so that it makes a sound. The tuning fork is placed in a specific
Stimulus_modality
Topics referred to by the same term
standard of concert pitch Diapason, a 1978 novel by Thomas Sullivan Tuning fork (diapason in Italian and French) This disambiguation page lists articles
Diapason
Class of galaxy between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy
Mrk 820 is a lenticular galaxy classified as type S0 on the Hubble Tuning Fork. Messier 84 is a lenticular galaxy also known for its supernovae. NGC
Lenticular_galaxy
Device used to tune musical instruments
and display tuning only for a single pitch—often "A" or "E"—or for a small number of pitches, such as the six used in the standard tuning of a guitar
Electronic_tuner
German music award
KLASSIK was developed and designed by Oliver Renelt [de]. It represents a tuning fork. The music award is presented in a concert and a gala in October at the
Opus_Klassik
Simple radio receiver circuit for AM reception
building wiring. The tuned circuit, consisting of a coil and a capacitor connected together, acts as a resonator, similar to a tuning fork. Electric charge
Crystal_radio
the Leibniz and Newton calculus controversy. John Shore invents the tuning fork May 18 – Ruđer Bošković, Ragusan polymath (died 1787) July 22 – Georg
1711_in_science
Galaxy morphological classification system
astronomer Gérard de Vaucouleurs in 1959. It extends Edwin Hubble's original tuning-fork classification into a three-dimensional parameter space that describes
De_Vaucouleurs_system
Last letter of the Greek alphabet
history, PNG, brand". Retrieved 8 February 2025. The logo features a tuning fork surrounded by the Greek letter Omega. "Emblem of the Supreme Court -
Omega
Type of optical illusion
as "impossibility in its purest form". Impossible trident (or devil's tuning fork) – also known as a "blivet", this has three cylindrical prongs at one
Impossible_object
Hearing loss caused by an inner ear or vestibulocochlear nerve defect
tuning fork, usually 512 Hz, and contrast measures of air and bone conducted sound transmission.[citation needed] Weber test, in which a tuning fork is
Sensorineural_hearing_loss
Soviet and Russian shortwave radio station
be detected by an electromechanical frequency detector, similar to a tuning fork. This can be used to activate the squelch on a receiver. Due to the varying
UVB-76
Housing development in Warwickshire, England
communal classes and clubs and can be hired for parties or events. The Tuning Fork is a restaurant/cafe which is open to the public. Nearby is a large adventure
Houlton,_Warwickshire
Music award by magazine Diapason
The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of Diapason
Diapason_d'Or
Founder of Yamaha
Nippon Gakki Co Ltd. and used a drawing of a Chinese phoenix holding a tuning fork in its beak as the company's logo. After founding the company, Torakusu
Torakusu_Yamaha
Thought experiment in quantum mechanics
once when they are in the Schrödinger's cat state." A piezoelectric "tuning fork" has been constructed, which can be placed into a superposition of vibrating
Schrödinger's_cat
Type of spiral galaxy without a central bar
intermediate spiral galaxy and barred spiral galaxy. Under the Hubble tuning fork, it is one of two general types of spiral galaxy, the other being barred
Unbarred_spiral_galaxy
Class of mental disorder
changes with suggestion, for example a patient may be told to use a tuning fork to aid symptoms in a movement disorder. Despite the understanding of
Psychogenic_disease
1971 science fiction novel by Oles Berdnyk
independent Ukraine, including a 1995 edition alongside its sequel, Dazhboh's Tuning Fork. The novel's central themes revolve around the development of human spirituality
Star_Corsair
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