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Lynn’s Story

March 3, 2015 by Robyn Haggard
Metronome, c.1830, Inventory Number: 40764. Much older than the metronome in Lynn's story, this object forms part of the collection at the Museum of the History of Science.

Metronome, c.1830, (Inv. 40764). Much older than the metronome in Lynn’s story, this object forms part of the collections at the Museum.

Name: Lynn

Age: 22

Occupation: Student

From: Alberta, Canada

Object: Metronome

Story: When I started learning how to play the trombone my mom bought me a wind up metronome, an old fashion one. I had this metronome for years, but it mostly lived in a drawer. One rare day I took it out to practice with. As I was practicing something felt wrong. After a while I realized the metronome was speeding up and slowing down. I went and convinced my mom I needed a new electric metronome. She went and got me one even though she was pretty sure the old metronome wasn’t broken. It was only later when I was practicing with my new metronome that I realized that it wasn’t the metronome changing tempo, it was me! The technology and the science behind it worked fine. I was the one messing up!

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