Hohner TruTone Violin and Mandolin Pitch Pipe
name: label: maker
content: Hohner, M.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This pitch pipe was made by M. Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It a P1 Violin & Mandolin model, with 4 single holes and 4 reeds. This pitch pipe has a burgundy stained wooden comb with a metal cover plates attached with screws. There is a metal slider on the front of the pitch pipe to select one of four pitches stamped on the bottom. Accessioned with original box. The pitch pipe is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>M.HOHNER’S NoP1<br>(Violin & Mandolin)<br>“Trutone” Pitch Pipe<br>THE WORLD’S BEST!<br>MADE IN GERMANY</p>
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content: <p>(and on slide)</p>
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content: <p>U.S.A.Pat.1710502.D.R.P.489799</p>
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content: <p>This pitch pipe features U.S. Patent #1710502, dated April 23, 1929, by Ernst Glass assignor to Matthias Hohner, for a device for giving correct notes and harmonies in mouth organs.</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: 1988.0783.424
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.424
label: patent number
content: 1710502
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: 11/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.74625 cm x 5.87375 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 2.54 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.1275 cm