Pitch Pipe: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pitch Pipe: date made: 1774. Object Name: pitch pipe. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
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This pitch pipe was made by an unknown maker probably in the United States, 1774. It is made of wood with a sliding plunger with a knob, engraved with a scale of pitches. The pitch pipe is elaborately inlaid with hardwoods and ivory. There is an engraved ivory medallion:
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1774
- Object Name: pitch pipe
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 5/16 in x 2 in x 11 1/8 in; 5.87375 cm x 5.08 cm x 28.2575 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1989.0691.01
- accession number: 1989.0691
- catalog number: 1989.0691.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor P. Merrick
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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