Hi Keith, Yes, it was a *created* word to honor--Hertz who was very much influenced by Helmholtz. It is used interchangeably with cycles per second. I believe that part of the reason for that is that cps is *not* quite what really happens. More like a wave front traveling back and forth. Just as sine wave is really Sinusoidal wave(sp??). As to the particular date it was in the early 70's or late 60's, I believe. I really don't remember. At 05:38 PM 11/7/98 -0600, you wrote: >>...The >>article was written before the term Hertz was in common useage, so of >>course it *doesn't* occur in the article... >> >>Don Rose... > >Because of your statement I searched through my piano books and found Hertz >only referenced in Reblitz's book (p37, published 1976). The indexes in >other works used words such as cycles, cents, vibrations, beats, waves, but >did not reference Hertz. > >Do you have a history on when the word, Hertz came into being, Don? > >Keith McGavern >kam544@earthlink.net >Registered Piano Technician >Oklahoma Chapter 731 >Piano Technicians Guild >USA > > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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