Oscillations
and Waves > Instruments > Tuning Forks
DCS# 3D46.90
TUNING FORK
RESONANCE
APPARATUS
function generator
202-08-G
amplifier
202-09-B
speaker coil on brass tube
202-06-C1
1" long magnet
202-06-C1
wax
202-02-B
tuning fork
202-05-A
lavalier microphone
201A
DESCRIPTION
The fork can be driven at any
frequency,
with
a large response only at the natural frequency. If the room is
quiet,
the vibrations at other frequencies can be heard, and even beats
between
the transient and steady-state parts of the solution when first turned
on.
