Vintage Manual Sonometer elm These crates likely originated in

These crates likely originated in the early 1950s

MM - C-6177 - 110723

these products were intended to be more substance over style and meant to be a sensible alternative to other brands of the time (please see attached advertisement scanned from page 30 of the January 1924 edition of Harper's Bazaar)

Zone of Germany

This piece features very wide and short drawers

Vintage Manual Sonometer elm These crates likely originated inc. 1950s 1960s; W. M. Welch Scientific Co. Chicago Hand crank sonometer, a musical and scientific laboratory instrument used to measure musical instrument string tension and wave mechanics. It works as such (from NYU): The sonometer lays flat on a large surface. There is a meter stick attached for reference. Strum the strings freely or hold down the string in different positions like a capo, to achieve different notes. Strike the tuning fork and strum