Congdon Pitch Pipe
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This pitch pipe was made by an undetermined maker in Germany, after 1890. It is a Congdon’s model, with 10 single holes and 10 reeds. This pitch pipe has a brown stained wooden comb with a metal cover plate attached to the top with screws. It is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Congdon’s Pitch<br>PAT.US.OCT.28.1890<br>GR.BRITAIN.DEC.4.1890<br>CANADA.DEC.18.1890<br>MADE IN GERMANY</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This pitch pipe was 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: 1988.0783.410
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.410
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitch pipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.42875 cm x 8.5725 cm x 3.175 cm