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tuning fork

device used to produce a fixed tone
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Summary

tuning fork ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,657 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: John Shore[2]
  • Made from material: metallic material[3]
  • Subclass of: resonator[4], melodic percussion instrument[5]
  • Part of: dulcitone[6]
  • Has use: musical tuning[7]
  • Commons category: Tuning forks[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tuning forks[9]
  • Commons gallery: Tuning fork[10]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15]
  • Different from: Camerton[16]
  • Produced sound: pure tone[17]

Why It Matters

tuning fork has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3qmqA
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → metallic material
    Part of → dulcitone
    Discoverer or inventor → John Shore
    Produced sound → pure tone
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007556044905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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