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In: The United States Fish Commission by Richard Rathbun. Century Magazine,Vol. 43, Issue 5. 1892. Sounding the abyss with piano-wire. This image is among the most realistic representations of sounding with the Sigsbee SoundingMachine. Most of the deep-sea soundings made prior to the advent of acousticsystems were made with piano-wire sounding machines.