Pitch Pipe

19th century

Not on view

Rectangular wooden box in the shape of a small leather-bound book. It is open at one small end where it is fitted with an open-centered, corktipped, rectangular plunger, graduated diatonically by pitch letters with scratched-in marks for recalibrating the pitch.

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Title: Pitch Pipe
Date: 19th century
Geography: United States
Culture: American
Medium: Cherry?, cork
Dimensions: L.: 17.2 cm (6-7/8 in.); H.: 9.4 cm (3-3/4 in.); W.: 27 cm (1-1/8 in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Whistle Flute-stopped pipe
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 15.132
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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