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Pitch pipe
Rectangular-shaped, slide pitch pipe made of mahogany, with plunger and a conical-shaped mouthpiece. Full chromatic octave scale marked on lighter wood inlay of plunger's shaft, along with incised grooves for calibration. Leather and cork stopper.
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1750–1850 - Maker:
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Gloucester Life - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.312 Stopped flutes with internal duct, without fingerholes with adjustable stopped lower end
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- Inscriptions:Written in ink on the lighter wood section of slide shaft: C B # A # G # F E # D # C
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.312 Stopped flutes with internal duct, without fingerholes with adjustable stopped lower end
- Repository:Gloucester Life
- Measurements:Height at C mark: 545mm; Height at lower C mark: 710mm