Thirdly, the quality, timbre, or klang depends upon the overtones, in respect to which I could cite many experiments to prove that whenever a body vibrates, other bodies near it may be set in vibration, but only on condition that such bodies shall be capable themselves of producing the same note.
"The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song"
F. W. Mott
It is another singular thing that if klang was not made for a white man alcohol was never made for a brown.
"Where the Pavement Ends"
John Russell