Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Andrew Brown, 2008-06-12 16:55:38
Title
Modern Tuning Hammer
Description
English: A cast copper alloy Post-Medieval tool, probably a tuning hammer for a stringed or percussion instrument. The tool has a small double-ended head with one end flaring to a circular striking plate and the other split into two prongs that have a slight downward curve. There is a small suspension loop at the top of the head. The shaft of the tool is rectangular in section with rounded corners and a decorative collar approximately two thirds of the way down. The collar is decorated with raised horizontal bands at top and bottom between which is an area of raised lozengiform decoration. The base of the shaft flares to form a rectangular socket, perhaps used to tune the pegs or strings of musical instruments. Length: 68.09mm; Width (at head): 35.01mm; Thickness: 7.80mm; Diameter of head: 8.93mm; Weight: 21.49g.
A near identical example is recorded on the PAS in Nottinghamshire (DENO-424DC3) dated to the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries AD.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date
between 1700 and 1899
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 221517 Old ref: SF-D19881 Filename: Fordham SF-D19881 Top.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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