Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, educator and writer on and inventor of systems of musical tuning. He was brother of the famous librarian William Frederick Poole, and cousin of the celebrated humorist, journalist and politician Fitch Poole.
Poole was born 13 September, 1825 in Salem, Massachusetts (renamed Peabody 1868), son of Ward Poole (1799-1864) and Elizabeth Wilder (1801-1864). He attended Leicester Aca...
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Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, educator and writer on and inventor of systems of musical tuning. He was brother of the famous librarian William Frederick Poole, and cousin of the celebrated humorist, journalist and politician Fitch Poole.
Poole was born 13 September, 1825 in Salem, Massachusetts (renamed Peabody 1868), son of Ward Poole (1799-1864) and Elizabeth Wilder (1801-1864). He attended Leicester Academy, and Yale University in 1841 and 1842..
He worked up to 1850 at Newburyport, Massachusetts with organ maker Joseph Alley and minister Henry James Hudson (b.1821-) developing a euharmonic, or enharmonic organ which they patented and solicited by mail, and which was awarded a gold medal at the 1850 Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. It was installed at Indiana Place Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts and remained in use for fifteen years. Poole patented a special keyboard to be used with his extended tuning system...
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