Congdon Chromatic Pitch Pipe
name: label: maker
content: Hohner, M.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This pitch pipe was made by M. Hohner in Germany, after 1890. It is a Congdon Chromatic model, with 4 double holes and 8 reeds. This pitch pipe had a black painted wooden comb; with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with screws and nuts. Accessioned with original cardboard box. The harmonica is embossed:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>MADE BY M. HOHNER</p>
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content: <p>(and the box is marked):</p>
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content: <p>CONGDON<br>CHROMATIC PITCH<br>U.S.A. PATENT [ ]<br>MADE BY M.HOHNER GERMANY</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This style of pitch pipe was originally designed for school use by Charles H. Congdon (1856-1928), an American music teacher and music publisher.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.595
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.595
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitch pipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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label: Measurements
content: pitch pipe: 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.985 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 7/8 in x 3 in x 1 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm