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Double diaphragm
    • Setting:
      Room XV
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      second half 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      140x204 mm
    • Inventory:
      738
    • Double diaphragm (Inv. 738)

The rectangular plate, with two holes, carries two rotating diaphragms: one is circular, and has 8 round, 2 oval, 3 triangular, and 2 rectangular apertures; the other is semicircular, with 4 pairs of holes and 3 round apertures of different diameters.