Voice Figure

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A 'Voice Figure' ('Voice Plate' or 'Voice Note'). Blue paint with vibration design. White painted Bb7. Made to observe the phenomenon of visualising sound, using a device called an ‘eidophone’. The device/instrument produced geometric patterns from the resonance of voice.

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Merthyr Tydfil

Title

Voice Figure

Date

1885–1904

Medium

paint on glass

Measurements

H 10.8 x W 6.8 cm (E)

Accession number

CCM 513.997

Acquisition method

donated

Work type

Other

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