TUNING See also:

• FORK (Lat. furca)

FORK  , a small See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar of See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel with tolerably defined edges, See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent into a See also:

• FORK (Lat. furca)

fork with two prongs, with a handle of the same See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal extending from the See also:

• BEND

bend of the fork and serving as a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound-See also:

• POST

post to transmit the vibrations to any resonance See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board or See also:

• BODY

body convenient for reinforcing the sound . The fork is set in vibration by striking one of the prongs against a hard substance, or pressing the prongs together if they are See also:

• LIGHT

light ones, or if heavy See also:

• DRAWING

drawing a See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow across . The tuning fork was invented by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• SHORE

Shore, royal See also:

• TRUMPETER

trumpeter in 1711, sergeant trumpeter at the entry of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George I. in 1714, and lutanist to the See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel Royal in 1715 . It is used for determining musical See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch (see PITCH), and also in certain See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical experiments (see SOUND) .