World's Oldest Tuning Note
HE tuning note so familiar to broadeast listeners dates back far away into the mists of antiquity. For, according to Higyptian archaédlogy, this tuning note was a sort of offertory to the religious ceremonies in thé 'Pemple of Amenophis III, which, with its Colossi, stood on the west banks of the Nile. The twin colossi have remained intact to this day, and are prominént landmarks. These seated figures are of granite but hollow within, and the whistling note which they gave vent to at Matins was causéd by the rising sun heating the air within thé statues, the air thereupon coming out with a rush through apertures cut in the base. This was the time that the priest made his appearance and worked "the oracle" so effectively as to make the faithful believe that the gods were singing to them.
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Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 25, 4 January 1929, Page 7
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144World's Oldest Tuning Note Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 25, 4 January 1929, Page 7
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