Pitch Pipe
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This pitch pipe was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, 18th century. It is made of walnut, with a sliding plunger capped with a bone and brass peg, pewter ferrule at end of pipe body. The scale is engraved in wood of plunger from E diatonically an octave to E. Provenance is subject to study.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania (through Dr. Robert H. Dyson)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0616
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0616
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitch pipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: walnut (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.5 cm x 2.8 cm x 30.2 cm; 1 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 11 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 12 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 3.4925 cm x 31.75 cm