tuning(n.)
1550年代,“调音行动”,是 tune(v.)的动名词。关于发动机的用法,始于1863年。Tuning fork 可追溯至1776年,据说是由约翰·肖尔(John Shore,逝世于1753年),皇家号手发明的。
[Shore] was a man of humour and pleasantry, and was the original inventor of the tuning-fork, an instrument which he constantly carried about him, and used to tune his lute by, and which whenever he produced it gave occasion to a pun. At a concert he would say, "I have not about me a pitch-pipe, but I have what will do as well to tune by, a pitch-fork." [Sir John Hawkins, "A General History of the Science and Practice of Music," London, 1776]
“他是一个幽默和风趣的人,也是调音叉的原始发明者。他经常随身携带这个乐器,并用它来调音他的琴。每当他拿出它时,都会引起一些双关语。在音乐会上,他会说:“我身上没有音叉,但我有一件同样可以用来调音的东西,一个音高叉。” [约翰·霍金斯爵士,《音乐科学和实践的普遍历史》,伦敦,1776年]
该词起源时间:1550年代