Make a Tuning Fork - ReMaking History

Uploaded by makemagazine on 12 Jan 2012

Bill Gurstelle shows you how to make a tuning fork from a piece of aluminum in this video complementing his column in MAKE Volume 29.

...but don't forget, "The tuning fork that John Shore gave to Handel gives a pitch of C512".^[9]
and "a tuning fork associated with Handel, dating from 1740, is pitched at A = 422.5 Hz, (info) while a later one from 1780 is pitched at A = 409 Hz, (info) almost a semitone lower".^[2]