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Savart wheels


Identification code: 300431439



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  • savart wheel
  • Savart's wheel
  • wheels, savart

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Acoustic devices composed of a toothed spinning wheels that create tones if a blade or plectrum is held against them. Tones varying due to the speed or size of the wheel. Invented by French physicist Félix Savart. His invention was later adapted as a component of the tone wheel organ.

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